Leipzig, North Dakota

Leipzig is a ghost town in Grant County, North Dakota, United States.

[1] The name "Leipzig" is a Slavic word that originated circa 1015 in Germany, meaning "a settlement by the lime trees."

A settlement named Leipzig was founded in Bessarabia in 1844 by request of the Emperor of Austria.

In 1896, 15 German-Russian Leipziger families travelled to the United States and started a new community named after their former home.

In 1910, the Northern Pacific Railroad bypassed Leipzig and instead ran 11 miles to the southwest.