The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMercer is a city in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 88 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 126 in 2024, Mercer was founded in 1905 along a now-abandoned branch line of the Northern Pacific Railway extending from Carrington to Turtle Lake. The name comes from William Henry Harrison Mercer, a well known rancher in the Missouri River Valley for many years and for whom Mercer County is also named.
Mercer was established in 1905. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 35 to 38 (+9%).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mercer 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 Mercer’s history is told.
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Mercer, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Mercer is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mercer has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Ingersoll School in Turtle Lake, 10.5 miles away.
Mercer and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.