Editing St. Thomas, North Dakota

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| area_code          = [[Area code 701|701]]
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'''St. Thomas''' is a city in [[Pembina County, North Dakota|Pembina County]], [[North Dakota]], United States. The population was 323 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/St._Thomas_city,_North_Dakota?g=160XX00US3870260 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 12, 2023}}</ref> The city, located in the [[Red River Valley]] region.

==History==
St. Thomas was laid out in 1881.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pembinacountynd.gov/cities/ |title=Cities |publisher=County of Pembina, North Dakota |accessdate=October 26, 2015 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218160545/http://pembinacountynd.gov/cities/ |archivedate=February 18, 2015 }}</ref> The city was named after [[St. Thomas, Ontario]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North Dakota|title=The WPA Guide To 1930s North Dakota|date=1977|publisher=State Historical Society of North Dakota|isbn=1891419145|page=188|edition=2nd}}</ref>

A U.S. post office has been in operation at St. Thomas since 1881 and is open weekdays.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=ND&county=Pembina | title=Pembina County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=October 25, 2015}}</ref>

The St. Thomas Public School was established in 1882. St. Thomas Elementary School and St. Thomas High School offered classes for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade through the 2020-21 school year.  The three-person class of 2021 was the last class to graduate from St. Thomas Public School.  Pre-K-12th grade students from St. Thomas now attend school in Grafton, ND (in the newly consolidated [https://www.gospoilers.org/ Grafton School District #18]).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thingelstad|first=Pete|title=STHS, Final Curtain Call, Senior Graduates 1899-2021|publisher=self published|year=2021|location=St. Thomas, ND|pages=4}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.06|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=June 14, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archivedate=January 12, 2012}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 477
|1900= 661
|1910= 513
|1920= 500
|1930= 595
|1940= 503
|1950= 566
|1960= 660
|1970= 508
|1980= 528
|1990= 444
|2000= 447
|2010= 331
|2020= 323
|estyear=2022
|estimate=317
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2022">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html|date=November 12, 2023|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=November 12, 2023}}</ref>
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===2020 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2020, there were 323 people lived in St. Thomas. Three-quarters of those residents were born in or near the town itself.  It is a racially and ethnically diverse town, where 16% of residents are Latino, 8% are Indigenous, and most other residents are white.  According to the census, every man who lives in the town owns his home, and 75% of women do too.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 331 people, 150 households, and 107 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|312.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 182 housing units at an average density of {{convert|171.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.5% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 19.6% of the population.

There were 150 households, of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 8.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 28.7% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.63.

The median age in the city was 46.1 years. 19.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.7% were from 25 to 44; 35.2% were from 45 to 64; and 17.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 52.6% male and 47.4% female.

==Notable people==
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* [[Edward K. Thompson]], editor of [[Life (magazine)|LIFE magazine]] and SMITHSONIAN magazine

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|St. Thomas, North Dakota}}
* [http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16921coll1/id/1068 Pioneer Women's Histories : St. Thomas and Glasston] from the [http://digitalhorizonsonline.org/ Digital Horizons website]
* [http://digitalhorizonsonline.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/ndsl-books/id/36095 A century of St. Thomas times (1980)] from the [http://digitalhorizonsonline.org/ Digital Horizons website]
* [https://stthomasnd.govoffice3.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:Cities in Pembina County, North Dakota|Saint Thomas, North Dakota]]
[[Category:Cities in North Dakota|Saint Thomas]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1881]]
[[Category:1881 establishments in Dakota Territory]]