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History · Deering

Deering’s post office opened in 1903, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 1910.

1903first post office
0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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How Deering began

When was Deering founded?

1903

The Deering post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 150 in 19102020 census: 94123 years
Founding year: the first Deering post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Deering’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Deering are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 192 in 1930; 94 people lived here in 2020.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Deering, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 192

Peaked at 192 in 1930; 94 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Deering’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Deering, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Deering yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Deering is a city in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 94 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Minot Micropolitan Statistical Area. Deering was founded in 1903.

Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 98 to 94 (-4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Deering, 1903 to 1949

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903Post officeThe Deering post office opens
  3. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 192
  4. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Deering on the map, 1949 to 1950

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Deering. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Deering on the 1949 USGS mapDeering on the 1950 USGS map1949Deering sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Deering.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Deering’s post office has been open since 1903.

Gone or out of use
Deering Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Deering’s history

What year was Deering founded?

The Deering post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.