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History · Four Bears Village

Half of Four Bears Village’s homes were built after 1977

Most of Four Bears Village was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Four Bears Village’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 Four Bears Village are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Four Bears Village, in brief

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

Four Bears Village is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McKenzie County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 500 as of the 2020 census, and was estimated at 151 in 2025.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 517 to 500 (-3%).

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

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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

Four Bears Village on the map, 1967 to 1982

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

Four Bears Village on the 1967 USGS mapFour Bears Village on the 1982 USGS map1967Sanish 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 Four Bears Village.

People over time

Four Bears Village, census by census

010020030040050020002020Peak: 517

Between 309 and 517 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

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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) 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.