Map of Bucyrus city, North Dakota

Bucyrus is a city in Adams County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 18 at the 2020 census.

The city was founded in 1907 along the Milwaukee Road’s transcontinental rail line known as the Pacific Extension. Before being named Bucyrus in 1908, the city was called first Wolf Butte and then Dolan, which was ultimately rejected due to similarity with Doland, South Dakota. The new name Bucyrus was taken from the Bucyrus Company steam shovels used to build the railroad grade within the city.

In 1922 a cyclone hit and destroyed the home of the Herbert and Ruth Spencer family in Bucyrus, killing three and injuring three. After the storm, the surviving family members could not find the baby, Shirley, 13 months old. A search party finally found baby Shirley the next day, sleeping soundly among bricks from the chimney in a wheat field half a mile from the home. For the rest of her life, Shirley Spencer was known as “the Cyclone Baby.”

The town was struck by a wind-fueled wildfire on October 18, 2012. Much of the town was destroyed and 26 people were displaced.

Bucyrus city overview:
Name:	Bucyrus city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	North Dakota
County:	Adams County
Founded:	1908
Elevation:	2,782 ft (848 m)
Total Area:	0.35 sq mi (0.91 km²)
Land Area:	0.35 sq mi (0.91 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	18
Population Density:	51.43/sq mi (19.86/km²)
ZIP code:	58639
Area code:	701
FIPS code:	3810300
GNISfeature ID:	1028170

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Bucyrus online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.