Abercrombie is a city in Richland County, North Dakota, United States.

It was named after Fort Abercrombie, a local military installation adjacent to the city.

[5] This means the city indirectly received its name from Lieutenant Colonel Abercrombie, first commanding officer of the fort.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.61 square miles (1.58 km2), all land.

The top 6 ancestry groups in the city are Norwegian (54.4%), German (41.9%), Irish (12.8%), Swedish (12.2%), English (7.4%), Czech (6.8%).

While agriculture does play the dominant role in the southern Red River Valley, the city of Abercrombie provides employment in sectors such as education, telecommunication, and manufacturing.

Many of the settlers who came from Norway, Sweden and Denmark in the late 1860s and early 1870s came first to Wisconsin and southern Minnesota to work in the Lumber mills.

At this time a Mr. Strandvold was writing articles geared towards appealing to young Norsemen with the intention of drawing them to the Valley.

[6] The city of Abercrombie is served by the Richland 44 School District, which contains 2 schools: This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.