The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBear Creek is a township in Dickey County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 193 at the 2010 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 183 to 193 (+5%). Half of its homes were built before 1974.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bear Creek 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 Bear Creek’s history is told.
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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 Bear Creek is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bear Creek has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is US Post Office-Oakes in Oakes, 2.2 miles away.
Bear Creek and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Bear Creek. 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. US Post Office-Oakes’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Bear Creek?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Bear Creek’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