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Hampden Documents

I welcome any documents you can share with me, copies or originals.  I will scan them in and get them back to you.  With your help, we can build a great online collection for all to enjoy!  hampden school related
yearbooks

graduation programs
1911: 8th grade graduation, pg 1
1911: 8th grade graduation, pg 2

school roll (year ?)
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from the final Hampden School Newspaper
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newspapers
From The Journal (Devils Lake): the Hampden City Directory (Thanks to Ernest Gjerdenig who gave these to Don Skjervheim who gave them to Richard Lunde who gave us a copy!)
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Hampden Newspaper Blurbs
blurbs

Hampden Newspapers: Online links
microfiche records

Current Hampden “Newspaper” (Julie Neidlinger’s effort)
Hampden Herald

Hampden Happenings Paper (Gabrielle Damschen’s paper)
July 18, 2003

checks from hampden banks 
farmers bank of hampden, ex 1
farmers bank of hampden, ex 2
farmers bank of hampden, ex 3
first national bank of hampden
first state bank of hampden

misc 
mutual farmers telephone by-laws, pg 1
mutual farmers telephone by-laws, pg 2
hampden implement company, ex 1
hampden implement company, ex 2
shipley investment company ad 1
shipley investment company ad 2
hampden farmers elevator letterhead

Hampden (and community) Businesses

These are the businesses you can find in the Hampden community, and the phone numbers to contact them.  All numbers are in the 701 area code.  Click the business name to see a photo or website from the business.

Name	Phone Number
Hampden Oil Company	868-3021
Hampden Mall Cafe interior shot 1 interior shot 2 interior shot 3	868-3901
H & H Quilting and Crafts, Jesse’s Hair Dynamics interior shot 1 interior shot 2	868-3040
Hampden Bar	868-4241
Hampden Fertilizer Plant	868-3961
Hampden Senior Citizens Center	868-4171
Lunde Implement equipment	868-3261
Mall Market interior shot 1 interior shot 2	868-3901 (connected with mall cafe)
Hampden Post Office	868-3111
Hamre Seed Cleaning
Lue Hermanson Poetry	868-3441
Churches church 1 church 2
Grain Elevator
Old School Gym
Apartments
Lone Prairie Art Works	868-3888

Hampden Photos

These photos have been gathered from all sources possible.

If I have incorrectly identified something or someone, or if you have a photo you would like seen on this page, email it to me. Some of the corrections from the Diamond Jubilee book can’t be made because the captions were incorrectly identified and printed with the picture in the actual book. These are the photos with the captions connected to the actual image. There are apparently a number of errors, as I’ve received a lot of emails, but they cannot be fixed.

I welcome any documents or photos you can share with me, copies or originals.  I will scan them in and get them back to you.  With your help, we can build a great online collection for all to enjoy!

town photos
schools
churches
buildings/scenes
aerial views, farms

resident photos
groups
gatherings
individuals

celebration photos
prairie winds
diamond jubilee

Hampden Maps: Current

Get to Hampden

Hampden Maps: Townships

Northfield 1956

Northfield 1959

Northfield 1964

Hampden Maps: Town

Hampden History

do your own searching!

ND Census Homestead Act of 1862 The West About the Homesteaders Homestead Act Wording North Dakota Land Records North Dakota Historical Society North Dakota History North Dakota Genealogy North Dakota Resources Cemetery Junction Family Tree Climbers www.ancestry.com  www.cyndislist.com Surname Web Many Misc Links WW1 Draft Index Cemetery Records Cousins Connec

Hampden History

HAMPDEN (Ramsey).  This GNRR town site was founded in 1903 in NE1/4 Sec. 4-158-62, Northfield Twp., and soon absorbed most of the nearby town site of Northfield, whose post office moved here on July 15, 1903 with Joseph A. Elliott pm.  The Northfield name was disliked by GNRR officials because of confusion with Northfield, MN.  Some say the name honors Frank Hampden, a pioneer settler in the area, while others say it was named for a John Hampden.  The elevation is 1569, the Zip Code is 58338, and the village, which incorporated in 1917 and became a city in 1968, reached a peak population of 222 in 1930.
-taken from North Dakota Place Names by Douglas A. Wick

*The information on the History of Hampden was obtained from two sources:  the Hampden Diamond Jubilee Book, which was made available during June 29-30, 1979, and the Ramsey County History book, a three volume book published in 1983 detailing the towns and families in Ramsey County, North Dakota.    The Hampden Diamond Jubilee book was compiled by the then Hampden Senior Citizen Club Heritage Book Committee:  Co-Chairmen:  Miss Pearl Aanstad, Mrs. Carl (Mildred) Mortenson.  Much of what is found in the Ramsey County History book is identical to the Jubilee book, as the same information was used.  Where there is a difference I will add what the Ramsey County book offers as well as the Jubilee book.

Some of the information is no longer accurate in regards to who lives where, or who is still living.  Information will be updated, but for now, all information is based on a 20+ year old books.

Hampden History: Online Links

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Northfield TWP 1900 Census Transcribed