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History · Elkmount

Elkmount’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Elkmount Township is a township in the northeastern corner of Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 45 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Belleville is located within Elkmount Township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 50 to 45 (-10%). Half of its homes were built before 1993.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Elkmount 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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NPNelle PetersNiagara · 11 miHWHerm WitasekLankin · 12 miLOLloyd OmdahlConway · 9 miABArt BehmNiagara · 11 miJLJohn Silas LundyInkster · 5 miSMScott MeyerPetersburg · 12 mi
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Elkmount, 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 Elkmount is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Elkmount has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Petersburg Auditorium in Petersburg, 12.3 miles away.

Elkmount and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Elkmount. Tap a dot.
Petersburg AuditoriumPisek SchoolMidway BridgeDistrict No. 70-Hoff Rural SchoolForest River State BankLarimore City Hall

Closest to Elkmount

Petersburg AuditoriumPetersburg · Building12.3miPisek SchoolPisek · Building12.5miMidway BridgeStrabane · Structure14.6miDistrict No. 70-Hoff Rural SchoolNorton · Building16.8miForest River State BankForest River · Building17.2mi

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. Petersburg Auditorium’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Elkmount?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Elkmount’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
📜 Fordville📜 Inkster📜 Dahlen📜 Plymouth
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