The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLatona Township is a township in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 56 to 40 (-29%).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Latona 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 Latona’s history is told.
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Latona, decade by decade
Before
2000
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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Latona is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Latona 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, 4.9 miles away.
Latona and the nearest listed places
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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. District No. 70-Hoff Rural School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Latona?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Latona’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.