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Long Lake’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Long Lake Township is a civil township in Burleigh County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2010 census, its population was 103.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 103 to 94 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1974.

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

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Famous people close to Long Lake

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Thomas S. KleppeThomas S. KleppeCampbell · 14 miRFRodney M. FeldmannSteele · 21 miDBDean Clifton BensonHazelton · 12 mi
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Long Lake, 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 Long Lake is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Long Lake has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Depression Era Work Relief Construction Features at Menoken State Historic Site in Menoken, 17 miles away.

Long Lake and the nearest listed places

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Depression Era Work Relief Construction Features at Menoken State Historic SiteHuff State Historic Site (32MO11)Kidder County CourthouseFirst Presbyterian Church of SteeleOur Lady of the Annunciation Chapel at Annunciation Priory

Closest to Long Lake

Depression Era Work Relief Construction Features at Menoken State Historic SiteMenoken · Building17miHuff State Historic Site (32MO11)Missouri · Site18.1miKidder County CourthouseSteele · Building21.2miFirst Presbyterian Church of SteeleSteele · Richardsonian Romanesque21.2miOur Lady of the Annunciation Chapel at Annunciation PrioryLincoln · Built 196323mi

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. Depression Era Work Relief Construction Features at Menoken State Historic Site’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Long Lake?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Long Lake’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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