The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusAdelaide Township is a township in Bowman County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. Its population during the 2010 Census was 29, down from a population of 31 in 2000.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 29 to 30 (+3%).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Adelaide 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Adelaide’s history is told.
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Adelaide, decade by decade
Before
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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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Adelaide is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Adelaide has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fort Dilts in Crawford, 9.3 miles away.
Adelaide and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Adelaide. Tap a dot.
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. Fort Dilts’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Adelaide?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Adelaide’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons