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History · Kane

Kane’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Kane. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Kane Township is a civil township in Bottineau County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2010 census, its population was 57.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 57 to 59 (+4%). Half of its homes were built before 1973.

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

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Famous people close to Kane

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Tommy TuckerTommy TuckerSouris · 15 miPFPhillip O. FossMaxbass · 11 miBTBjarne W. TeigenLanda · 10 miMJMarcus JensenWesthope · 12 mi
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Kane, 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 Kane is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Kane 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, 13.4 miles away.

Kane and the nearest listed places

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Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane HangarOle Crogen Farm DistrictSwedish Zion Lutheran ChurchState Bank of AntlerMain, North Dakota School of Forestry, Old

Closest to Kane

Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane HangarMeadow · Structure13.4miOle Crogen Farm DistrictPickering · District19.7miSwedish Zion Lutheran ChurchHaram · Building20.9miState Bank of AntlerAntler · Building22.2miMain, North Dakota School of Forestry, OldBottineau · Building22.4mi

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. Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane Hangar’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Kane?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Kane’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.

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📜 Newburg📜 Brander📜 Starbuck📜 Newborg
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