The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusElysian Township is a civil township in Bottineau County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2010 census, its population was 33.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 33 to 41 (+24%). Half of its homes were built before 1985.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Elysian 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.
Start Elysian’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Elysian’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Elysian, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Elysian is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Elysian has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane Hangar in Meadow, 7 miles away.
Elysian and the nearest listed places
Closest to Elysian
Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane HangarMeadow · Rounded-Arch Prefabricated Metal7mi
Main, North Dakota School of Forestry, OldBottineau · Romanesque Revival13.3miOle Crogen Farm DistrictPickering · District15.1miElliott BridgeTowner · Structure20.2miSwedish Zion Lutheran ChurchHaram · Building22.1miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.