Petrel
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1908
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 45.948, -102.277
Why it was abandoned
📉 Economic decline
Detected automatically from the text: Petrel is a former railroad townsite and siding on the Milwaukee Road.
History
Petrel is a ghost town in Adams County, North Dakota, United States. It is located just across the border with South Dakota, between Lemmon, South Dakota, in Perkins County and Haynes. Petrel is a former railroad townsite and siding on the Milwaukee Road. The town was named for the long-winged pigeons seen in the area.