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Aneta is a city in Nelson County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 284 at the 2000 census. Aneta was first settled in 1882 and incorporated as a city in 1893. Aneta was first settled in 1882. It was named after Anna Roseta Mitchell, the first woman settler in the community. Because the Sheyenne River flows nearby, the town was nicknamed, "The Queen City of the Upper Sheyenne." In 1896, the Great Northern Railroad extend its terminal station 28 miles from Hope to Aneta and the city quickly became a boomtown.
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