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

Lehr is a city in Logan and McIntosh counties in the State of North Dakota. The population was 81 at the 2020 census. Lehr was founded in 1898.

Lehr was established in 1898. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 80 people in 2010, 81 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1945.

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

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lehr has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Abell, Robert, Round Barn in Red Lake, 8.7 miles away.

Lehr and the nearest listed places

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Abell, Robert, Round BarnAshley Jewish Homesteaders CemeteryMcIntosh County CourthouseSt. Andrews Evangelical German Lutheran ChurchLogan County Courthouse

Closest to Lehr

Abell, Robert, Round BarnRed Lake · Building8.7miAshley Jewish Homesteaders CemeteryAshley · Site14.1miMcIntosh County CourthouseAshley · Building17miSt. Andrews Evangelical German Lutheran ChurchZeeland · District23.2miLogan County CourthouseNapoleon · Building25mi

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. Abell, Robert, Round Barn’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lehr?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lehr’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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