Burt, ND
Hettinger County
Inhabited as of 5-07
Burt, ND is along Highway 21 in Hettinger County, roughly sixty miles southwest of Bismarck/Mandan.
The post office was established in 1910 at Burt, which had previously been known as Alton. The name was changed to avoid confusion with Alton Junction.
Burt once had 200 people but is now home to a couple dozen.
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I have fond memories of Burt. We used to go roller skating in Burt. The floor was warped and if you stood at one end you would roll to the other end. There pictures of the rink building in your collection.
My family spent a lot of time in Burt. We lived 10 miles north and my older siblings went to the school there. i remember stopping at the store and post office often. And of course we went to the roller skating sessions every Saturday night during Lent. A great meeting place!
I have property in Burt that i inheirited and have never been there. I would love to speak to some one that has memories of the town that they could share with me! Thanks!
Chris
I’m a little confused that the photos for the Burt Bar and adjoining rollerskating hall were called ‘burt brothel’???? Is there a history there that I don’t know? I rollerskated there once and had been in the bar as a little kid where my grandpa would buy me a mountain dew while he and my dad had a beer.
I live in Burt right now, or well my family does and im there weekends… the 2 houses side by side that there were pictures taken of are now long gone, and now stands a brand new shop and soon to be another in those spots… we hated to do it, but we found it nessicary after we had all our stuff hailed out a couple years ago… hated to lose the history there… I have some VERY old pictures of this place tho from probly about the 1920s
Please contact me regarding Burt, I have some questions that you might have answers to. I will be in Burt this summer for the first time to explore couple acres (mentioned above by Chris) that my dad owns and neither of us have ever seen
I am going to Burt this weekend to look at three acres. Does Burt have any history of flooding? The contact name is Roger.