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History · Eidsvold

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

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Eidsvold Township is a civil township in Bottineau County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2010 census, its population was 35.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 35 to 23 (-34%). Half of its homes were built before 1958.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Eidsvold 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 Eidsvold’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Eidsvold

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Tom RappTom RappBottineau · 17 miRonald PaulsonRonald PaulsonBottineau · 17 miDKDuane KluehBottineau · 17 miGDGary DahlBottineau · 17 miRed BastienRed BastienBottineau · 17 miRyan KraftRyan KraftBottineau · 17 mi
By decade

Eidsvold, 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 Eidsvold is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Eidsvold has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Swedish Zion Lutheran Church in Haram, 12.4 miles away.

Eidsvold and the nearest listed places

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Swedish Zion Lutheran ChurchOle Crogen Farm DistrictMain, North Dakota School of Forestry, OldLower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane HangarState Bank of Antler

Closest to Eidsvold

Swedish Zion Lutheran ChurchHaram · Building12.4miOle Crogen Farm DistrictPickering · District12.8miMain, North Dakota School of Forestry, OldBottineau · Building16.8miLower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane HangarMeadow · Structure17.4miState Bank of AntlerAntler · Building22.9mi

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. Swedish Zion Lutheran Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Eidsvold?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Eidsvold’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.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
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