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History · McGregor

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

McGregor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northeastern Williams County, North Dakota, United States. It lies along North Dakota Highway 40, northeast of the city of Williston, the county seat of Williams County. McGregor's elevation is 2,218 feet (676 m). Although unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 58755. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, McGregor had a population of 47.

Half of its homes were built before 2005.

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

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean McGregor has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Nielsen, Niels, Fourteen-Side Barn Farm in Coalfield, 16.4 miles away.

McGregor and the nearest listed places

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Nielsen, Niels, Fourteen-Side Barn FarmRay Opera HouseTravelers Hotel

Closest to McGregor

Nielsen, Niels, Fourteen-Side Barn FarmCoalfield · Building16.4miRay Opera HouseRay · Building20.5miTravelers HotelNoonan · Building20.7mi

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. Nielsen, Niels, Fourteen-Side Barn Farm’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in McGregor?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to McGregor’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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