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History · Lightning Creek

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

Lightning Creek Township is a township in Adams County, North Dakota, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 14.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 14 to 21 (+50%).

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

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Famous people close to Lightning Creek

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Warren ChristopherWarren ChristopherScranton · 15 miBMBud MarquardtHettinger · 11 miKat PerkinsKat PerkinsScranton · 15 miKUKorliss UeckerHettinger · 11 miDKDick KoppenhaverReeder · 6 miMTM. James TonerHettinger · 11 mi
By decade

Lightning Creek, 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 Lightning Creek is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lightning Creek has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sorum Cooperative Store in Horse Creek, 5.7 miles away.

Lightning Creek and the nearest listed places

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Sorum Cooperative StoreGolden Valley Norwegian Lutheran ChurchPeace Valley Evangelical Church and CemeteryVessey SchoolBethany United Methodist ChurchUS Post Office-Hettinger

Closest to Lightning Creek

Sorum Cooperative StoreHorse Creek · Built 19365.7miGolden Valley Norwegian Lutheran ChurchHorse Creek · Building7.2miPeace Valley Evangelical Church and CemeteryWilson · Building10.8miVessey SchoolHorse Creek · Built 192010.9miBethany United Methodist ChurchWilson · Building13.8mi

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. Sorum Cooperative Store’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lightning Creek?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lightning Creek’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.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Haley📜 Reeder📜 Horse Creek📜 Gascoyne
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