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The following information was received from National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C. 20408:
Hampden, Ramsey County, N.D. ; Established as Northfield on March 4, 1902. Name changed to Hampden on July 15, 1903.
The following is a list of Postmasters who have served in Hampden followed by their appointment date:
Ole Iverson, March 4, 1902; Joseph [...]
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Hampden History: Social Life
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Hampden History: Social Life-Senior Citizens Club
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2002 status: There is no longer a senior citizen club. There are few members left in Hampden, having either passed away or moved to nursing homes or larger towns.
from Ramsey County History: vol 2, p 599; published 1983
(submitted by Mrs. Herbert Martin, Secretary)
A group of seniors met November 1, 1974, in the Zoar Lutheran Church [...]
Hampden History: Oil Company
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Hampden Oil Company today
In 1929 a group of farmers got together and organized the Hampden Oil Co. The first officers were A.E. Berkland, president; E.A. Furbur, vice president; Iver Iverson, secretary and treasurer; Directors Nels Overbo, G.N. Campbell, O.W. Neidlinger, and Frithjof Skaar.
They hired Henry H. Reimer as manager and in June 1929 started business.
In [...]
Hampden History: The Past
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taken from the Edmore newspaper: Dec 7, 1995
(from a column called “Seventy Years Ago”, typed as written, with mistakes and misspellings from original copy)
Delores Litscher, of Hampden, has taken enough interest in her “home town” to inquire into its early history and as a result the independent carried the results of her efforts in its [...]
Hampden History: The Past
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Hampden, near the north edge of Ramsey County, was first known as Northfield. The first settlers entered this section in the late 1890’s, most of them in 1898, coming from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, and one W.P. Faulk from Virginia. Even though it was about twenty miles from the nearest railroad at Edmore, a good [...]
