The city of Pembina
is located in the northeastern corner of Pembina County. In the 2000 Census, the
population of the city was 642.
Pembina is
the oldest community in the Dakota’s. A fur trading post was established on the
site of present-day Pembina in 1797 and the first permanent settlement started in 1812.
Until 1823, Pembina was thought to be in British Canada, but in that year, a survey of
the 49th parallel revealed that Pembina was on the south side of the international
boundary.
The first post
office in present day North Dakota was established in Pembina in 1851. The photo above
is of this Post Office in 1863.
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