A history of Surrey,
since 1900
Postcards, papers and photographs of Surrey from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Surrey was founded on June 18, 1900, and named after Surrey, England, by Great Northern Railway officials. It was one of several sites along the Great Northern's transcontinental route between Devils Lake and Minot that were named after places in England (the others were Berwick, Leeds, Norwich, Penn, Rugby, Tunbridge, and York).
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Surrey’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSurrey, North Dakota, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Surrey, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Surrey is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Surrey has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Glick, Levi, Round Barn in Nedrose, 4.7 miles away.
Surrey and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Surrey, North Dakota (1940) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.