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Welcome to the Casselton Home page. The Casselton Home page provides as much information as possible on Casselton. Knowing Casselton’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Casselton’s Home page, you will also find Casselton’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Casselton has a population of 2738. 52.4% of Casselton’s inhabitants are Male, and 47.6 are female. 57% of Casselton is married and 60.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $217,230, and the average rent is $661. Household median income in Casselton is $54,570, and the individual median income is $44,914. Casselton’s Ethnic is the following: White(96.8%), Hispanic(3.1%), Other(1.3%), Native(0.9%), Black(0.8%), Multiple(0.3%).


On December 30, 2013, a westbound BNSF train carrying soybeans derailed approximately one mile west of Casselton. An adjacent eastbound BNSF train carrying crude oil struck wreckage from the westbound train (accident location 46°54′4.82″N 97°13′59.42″W). The collision ignited the crude oil and caused a chain of large explosions, which were heard and felt several miles away.


The resulting fireball created a massive cloud of black smoke, which prompted authorities to issue a voluntary evacuation of the city and surrounding area as a precaution. The National Transportation Safety Board conducted an investigation, and in 2017 issued findings of probable cause, starting with a broken axle on the westbound train.Although no casualties were reported, as the crew of the crude oil train abandoned the lead locomotives before they were engulfed in flames as soon as they had derailed and come to stop in a snowbank, the incident occurred in proximity to a populated area and renewed safety concerns regarding the transportation of hazardous materials by rail, especially in the wake of the Lac-Mégantic derailment in Canada earlier in the year.


Casselton mayor Ed McConnell, acknowledging that the town "dodged a bullet", publicly called on the federal government to review the dangers and urged lawmakers to consider pipelines as a safer option.


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