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

Stewart Township is a civil township in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 124.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 89 to 66 (-26%). Half of its homes were built before 1993.

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

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Famous people close to Stewart

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Earl PomeroyEarl PomeroyValley City · 10 miJames M. McPhersonJames M. McPhersonValley City · 10 miTyrell TerryTyrell TerryValley City · 10 miGMGeorge W. MasonValley City · 10 miCPChet PollertValley City · 10 miDNDavid NethingValley City · 10 mi
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Stewart, 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 Stewart is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Stewart has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Alderman School District No. 78 in Ashtabula, 8.3 miles away.

Stewart and the nearest listed places

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Alderman School District No. 78Amphitheater and Fieldstone WPA Features at Valley City Pioneer ParkBarnes County CourthouseValley City Carnegie LibraryAll Saints' Episcopal ChurchWest Park Bridge

Closest to Stewart

Alderman School District No. 78Ashtabula · Building8.3miAmphitheater and Fieldstone WPA Features at Valley City Pioneer ParkValley City · Object9.3miBarnes County CourthouseValley City · Building9.5miValley City Carnegie LibraryValley City · Built 19039.6miAll Saints' Episcopal ChurchValley City · Built 18819.6mi

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. Alderman School District No. 78’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Stewart?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Stewart’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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