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History · Killdeer

Killdeer dates to 1914, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

1914founded
0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Killdeer began

When was Killdeer founded?

1914

Killdeer dates its founding to 1914 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1908.

2020 census: 939112 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1908.The full story ↓

What stands out about Killdeer’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 Killdeer are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Killdeer.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Killdeer’s history is told.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Killdeer’s post office has been open since 1915. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Brooks
1908–1915
Kildeer
1911–1911
Killdeer
1915–today
19001960today

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

The story

How Killdeer came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Killdeer.

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Killdeer was founded in 1914 at the end of a Northern Pacific Railway branch line that began in Mandan. The name was taken from the nearby Killdeer Mountains.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Killdeer, 1908 to 1989

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1908Post officeThe Brooks post office opens
  3. 1911Post officeThe Kildeer post office opens
  4. 1911Post officeThe Kildeer post office closes
  5. 1914
    FoundingKilldeer is established
  6. 1915Post officeThe Brooks post office closes
  7. 1915Post officeThe Killdeer post office opens
  8. 1929Born hereRoger Huffman is born here
  9. 1989Born hereKylie Oversen is born here
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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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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Killdeer

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Kylie OversenAmerican politician · b. 1989
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Roger HuffmanAmerican football coach · b. 1929

Questions about Killdeer’s history

What year was Killdeer founded?

In 1914, according to Wikidata. Killdeer’s post office opened in 1908.

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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 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.