Fairdale’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Fairdale. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFairdale is a city in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 30 at the 2020 census. Fairdale was founded in 1905.
Fairdale was established in 1905. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 38 to 30 (-21%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fairdale 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 Fairdale’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairdale’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewStanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Co…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Fairdale, decade by decade
2000
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Nothing in Fairdale is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fairdale has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is District No. 70-Hoff Rural School in Norton, 13.9 miles away.
Fairdale and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.