Sheyenne, ND

Sheyenne is a city in Eddy County, North Dakota, United States. The 2020 census counted 186 residents. Sheyenne was founded in 1883. A community center and the Log Cabin Museum are located on Main Street. Before the first Sheyenne school was built, classes in 1886 were held in a sod house, but soon a wood-frame building was built west of the Sheyenne's railroad tracks. A newcomer can read Sheyenne through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Sheyenne comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. On the east end of town there is a park with campsites located on Warsing Dam. The name "Sheyenne" is derived from the nearby Sheyenne River which was named after the Cheyenne Indians. Sheyenne and its vicinity is located in the distinct Drift Prairie region of North Dakota.