A history of Harvey,
since 1906
Postcards, papers and photographs of Harvey from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHarvey is a city in Wells County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 1,650 at the 2020 census. Harvey was founded in 1893 as a division point by the Soo Line Railway. Harvey is believed to have been named for a director of the Soo Line Railway, Col. Scott William Harvey of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Harvey was established in 1906. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,783 to 1,650 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1969.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Harvey 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Harvey’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewNorth Main Street, 1909: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Harvey
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Harvey, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Harvey
2 places in Harvey are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as North Main Street (1909) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.