Ojata

Ghost town · Grand Forks County, North Dakota

Emerado quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Ojata is a ghost town in Grand Forks County, North Dakota. It is the only former community in Grand Forks County recorded on the federal names register, out of 45 across North Dakota.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Ojata as a historical populated place on the Emerado topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 47.9175° N, 97.2692° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Emerado
Elevation	861 ft
Nearest living town	Emerado, ND
Distance to it	4.3 miles
GNIS feature ID	1034421
Coordinates	47.91748, -97.26925

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What's there now

Ojata is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Emerado, ND (population 391), about 4.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 861 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Interlaken
ghost town · Steele County · 28.8 mi
Radium
ghost town · Marshall County · 37.2 mi
Sherbrooke
ghost town · Steele County · 37.9 mi
Robbin
ghost town · Kittson County · 45.7 mi
Mardell
ghost town · Griggs County · 46.7 mi
Harrisburg
ghost town · Nelson County · 47.7 mi

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.