Editing Wilton, North Dakota (section)

==History==
Wilton was [[plat]]ted in 1899 when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book|title=North Dakota: Counties, Towns & People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ExcJ5aHhsV0C&pg=PA61|year=2008|publisher=Watchmaker Publishing, Ltd|isbn=978-1-60386-191-5|page=61}}</ref> The city was named after [[Wilton, Maine]], the native home of an early settler.<ref>{{cite book|last=Capace|first=Nancy|title=Encyclopedia of North Dakota|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-0yEn8zrrDYC&pg=PA303|date=January 1, 2001|publisher=Somerset Publishers, Inc.|isbn=978-0-403-09608-4|page=303}}</ref> The [[Wilton station (North Dakota)|Wilton Train Station]] was completed in 1900 and the post office has been in operation at Wilton also since 1900.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=78003079}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Sainte Marie Railroad Company Depot / Soo Line Depot |author= |date= |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=78003079|title=accompanying photos|photos=y}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=ND&county=McLean&searchtext=&pagenum=3|title=McLean County|publisher=Jim Forte Postal History|access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref> Wilton was originally built up chiefly by Ukrainians.<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|author-link=Federal Writers' Project|title=North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dCGVnMUdNqMC&pg=PA209|year=1938|publisher=WPA|isbn=978-1-62376-033-5|page=209}}</ref>