Town file
Menoken, North Dakota
Menoken, North Dakota (Burleigh County, North Dakota) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 543, "Baby Faced Killer" (7 November 2024). Menoken is a small settlement in Burleigh County, central North Dakota, about 20 minutes from Bismarck on the old Interstate 94, with a population of about 72 in 1992.
- Town
- Menoken
- County
- Burleigh County
- State
- North Dakota
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 543
- Approximate location
- 46.814, -100.530
Episode 543 / 7 November 2024 / 168 min / full
Baby Faced Killer
"This is Monaca, North Dakota ... in central North Dakota ... about 20 minutes to Bismarck ... in Burley County, BUR LEIGH county." about 0:04:18
The case: Murder of the Newgauer family (January 26, 1992); Murder of Russell and Robin Josephson (1978). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2024
- Population
- 72
- Median age
- 47.8
- Median household income
- $86,250 a year
- Two-bedroom rent
- $910
- Cost of living
- 95.2
- Religious
- 66.1%
- Property crime
- ▼ less than one third
- Violent crime
- ▼ about one quarter
History, in brief
- First named 17th Siding in 1873. about 0:05:36
- Renamed Blaine for James G. Blaine, a US senator from Maine. about 0:06:03
- The post office opened in 1880 and the town was renamed Clark's Farm after C.J. Clark, a local farmer. about 0:06:33
- Renamed Menoken in 1883, an Indian name; the Northern Pacific Railroad renamed its station Burley after the county. about 0:06:49
- The Menoken Indian Village site is a fortified village occupied around 1300 and was declared a national historic landmark in 1964. about 0:07:27
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Students and jobseekers have a good chance of finding work, and the oil boom means welding jobs are available."about 0:08:12
4 stars
"A really good community to be in; the reviewer plans to live there for a while."about 0:08:59
4 stars
"Likes the four seasons, though summer could be longer and winter shorter."about 0:09:11
3 stars
"A variety of restaurants, from a steakhouse to Mexican and Chinese places, and two good bars with music."about 0:09:32
3 stars
"Every restaurant visited was packed, but there is not a lot of choice."about 0:10:45
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Bismarck, North Dakota11 miles
- Lemmon, South Dakota98 miles
- Minot, North Dakota104 miles
- Dickinson, North Dakota107 miles
- Valley City, North Dakota120 miles
- Cooperstown, North Dakota121 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.