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History · Hurdsfield

Hurdsfield’s post office opened in 1903, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1978 on and the census since 1930.

1903first post office
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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How Hurdsfield began

When was Hurdsfield founded?

1903

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

First census: 220 in 19302020 census: 64123 years
Founding year: the first Hurdsfield post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hurdsfield’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 Hurdsfield are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 258 in 1940; 64 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Hurdsfield’s homes were built before 1949.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hurdsfield’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Hurdsfield, census by census

010020019401960198020002020Peak: 258

Peaked at 258 in 1940; 64 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

The story so far

Hurdsfield, in brief

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

Hurdsfield is a city in Wells County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 64 at the 2020 census. Hurdsfield was founded in 1903.

Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 84 to 64 (-24%).

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

Timeline

Hurdsfield, 1903 to 1978

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903Post officeThe Hurdsfield post office opens
  3. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 258
  4. 1978On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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

Hurdsfield on the map, 1978 to 1994

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

Hurdsfield on the 1978 USGS mapHurdsfield on the 1994 USGS map1978Hurdsfield 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 Hurdsfield.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Hurdsfield’s post office has been open since 1903.

Gone or out of use
Pleasant Valley Elementary Schoolschool

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

Questions about Hurdsfield’s history

What year was Hurdsfield founded?

The Hurdsfield 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.