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History · Lampton

Lampton’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Lampton. 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

Lampton Township is a township in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 106 to 93 (-12%). Half of its homes were built before 1953.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lampton 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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Lampton, 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 Lampton is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lampton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Edinburg WPA Auditorium in Edinburg, 0.9 miles away.

Lampton and the nearest listed places

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Edinburg WPA AuditoriumState Bank of EdinburgCrystal BridgeDistrict No. 70-Hoff Rural SchoolVikur Lutheran Church at MountainNordre Trefoldegheds Menigheds

Closest to Lampton

Edinburg WPA AuditoriumEdinburg · Built 19380.9miState Bank of EdinburgEdinburg · Building1miCrystal BridgeCrystal · Structure10.3miDistrict No. 70-Hoff Rural SchoolNorton · Building11.5miVikur Lutheran Church at MountainMountain · Building12.4mi

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. Edinburg WPA Auditorium’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lampton?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lampton’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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