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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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