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Neche, pronounced NITCH-ee, is a city in Pembina County, North Dakota, laid out in 1882 on the banks of the Pembina River.

The city's name is said to come from the Ojibwe word nidji, meaning friend, neighbor, or one like myself.

Neche had a population of 344 at the 2020 census, down from a peak of 682 in 1900, when it was still a young railroad-era town.

The 2010 census counted 142 households in Neche, with an average household size of 2.61 and a median age of 35.3 years.

Neche sits approximately one mile south of the United States-Canada border, with the Manitoba community of Gretna just across the line.

The city lies near the Neche-Gretna Border Crossing, one of North Dakota's northern gateways to Manitoba.

William L. Walton built automobiles in Neche from 1902 to 1906, an unusual early auto venture for a small prairie town.

Neche is the hometown of Henry Gurke, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient.

The city's own ZIP code is 58265, and the city covers 0.35 square miles, all of it land.

Neche's population has declined in every census since 1950 except for a small rebound in 1980, reflecting the long farm-town trend of the Red River Valley.