History · Fredonia

Fredonia’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Fredonia. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1905established
1old images & papers
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Fredoniacentennial · Wikimedia Commons

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Fredonia is a city in Logan County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 38 at the 2020 census. Fredonia was founded in 1905.

Fredonia was established in 1905. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 46 to 38 (-17%). Half of its homes were built before 1952.

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

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By decade

Fredonia, 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 Fredonia is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fredonia has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Dagen's Grocery in Jud, 16.6 miles away.

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. Dagen's Grocery’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Fredonia?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Fredonia’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

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Fredoniacentennial and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

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