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History · Dwight

Dwight’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Dwight. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1881established
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2recent photos

The story

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Dwight was named for Jeremiah W. Dwight, the owner of the Dwight Farm and Land Company which ran a 27,000 acre bonanza farm, organized in 1879, in the area. John Miller, North Dakota's first governor, lived in Dwight and was the superintendent of the Dwight bonanza farm.

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Heidi HeitkampHeidi HeitkampBreckenridge · 7 miCheryl TiegsCheryl TiegsBreckenridge · 7 miChuck KlostermanChuck KlostermanBreckenridge · 7 miGerry SikorskiGerry SikorskiBreckenridge · 7 miGeorge PutnamGeorge PutnamBreckenridge · 7 miArt AndersonArt AndersonBreckenridge · 7 mi
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Dwight, 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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Today2 photos
Dwight, North Dakota 7-30-2009CommonsDwight, North Dakota 7-30-20092009NDMap-doton-DwightCommonsNDMap-doton-Dwight2004
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Dwight is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dwight has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is South Wild Rice Church in Abercrombie, 4.8 miles away.

Dwight and the nearest listed places

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South Wild Rice ChurchRed River Valley UniversityWahpeton HospitalRichland County CourthouseUS Post Office-WahpetonLeach Public Library

Closest to Dwight

South Wild Rice ChurchAbercrombie · Building4.8miRed River Valley UniversityWahpeton · Building5.3miWahpeton HospitalWahpeton · Building5.7miRichland County CourthouseWahpeton · Beaux Arts Neo Classicism5.7miUS Post Office-WahpetonWahpeton · Built 19145.8mi

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. South Wild Rice Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Dwight?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Dwight’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

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📜 Dwight📜 Wahpeton📜 Center📜 Connelly

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