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The city of Minot, North Dakota is located within the north central part of the state. The city of 45,000 or so inhabitants has been called the "Magic City", and is noted for its rapid growth over a short period of time. The Minot Air Force Base is situated north of the city. The City of Minot is the 4th largest city in the state and the principal city of the Minot Micropolitan Statistical Area, encompassing Ward, McHenry and Renville counties, with a population of 69,540. Minot serves as the county seat of Ward County.

The City of Minot is a commercial trading center for much of northern North Dakota, as well as the southern parts of the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Minot's history dates back to the construction of the Great Northern Railway during 1886. James J. Hill's Great Northern Railway had just completed constructing a difficult trestle across Gassman Coulee when winter came, ending the railway's push west until spring. A tent town sprung up at the location and within five months quickly grew to over 5,000 residents. The township was known as the Magic City since it seemed to materialize as if by magic. The town location belonged to homesteader Erik Ramstad, who became among the leaders of the city and was named to honor Henry D. Minot, a railroad investor. Minot was incorporated as a city during the year 1887.

The Minot Air Force Base located 21 km north of the city provides some economic security for inhabitants by generating jobs, even though two-thirds of Minot households earn less than the national median household income. A large minority of the city residents need to have at least two jobs to make ends meet.

The company ING/ReliaStar has a large service center within the city. The company cited the excellent caliber of workers and citizens within the city as part of their reasoning for expanding their operations locally. In recent years, a boom within infrastructure investments and population have resulted from expanded oil drilling within the region using the 'frac' extraction technique. A comprehensive log of daily oil activity could be found on the State of North Dakota website.