Hanks, North Dakota

Hanks is an unincorporated community in Williams County, North Dakota, United States.

Geography
Hanks is located on North Dakota Highway 50, and has the latitude of 48.603° N, and the longitude of &minus;103.802° W. The elevation is 2,116 feet (645 m), and is located in the Central Time Zone.

History
Hanks was founded in 1916 along a Great Northern Railway branch line that ran from Stanley to Grenora. The name honors W.F. Hanks, a banker from Powers Lake.

Hanks disincorporated in 1992.

According to a 2008 report, Hanks had only one inhabitant. The town was included in the National Geographic article The Emptied Prairie, published in January 2008.

Notable people

 * A. R. Shaw, educator and legislator