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Durand’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Durand Township is a township in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 227 as of the 2020 census. Durand Township was named for Charles Durand, an early settler.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 209 to 227 (+9%). Half of its homes were built before 1996.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Durand yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Durand, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Durand is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Durand has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lake Bemidji State Park CCC/NYA/Rustic Style Historic Resources in Northern, 11 miles away.

Durand and the nearest listed places

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Lake Bemidji State Park CCC/NYA/Rustic Style Historic ResourcesDistrict No. 132 SchoolRabideau Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) CampMinnesota and International Railway Trestle at BlackduckDavid Park HouseBemidji Carnegie Library

Closest to Durand

Lake Bemidji State Park CCC/NYA/Rustic Style Historic ResourcesNorthern · District11miDistrict No. 132 SchoolRoosevelt · Built 191413.6miRabideau Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) CampTaylor · District14.1miMinnesota and International Railway Trestle at BlackduckBlackduck · Structure14.1miDavid Park HouseBemidji · Building14.6mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Lake Bemidji State Park CCC/NYA/Rustic Style Historic Resources’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Durand?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Durand’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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