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History · Kulm

Kulm dates to 1892, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1896 on and the census since 1900.

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Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Quick answers

How Kulm began

When was Kulm founded?

1892

Kulm dates its founding to 1892 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1900.

First census: 463 in 19002020 census: 368134 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1893.

What stands out about Kulm’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 Kulm are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18963 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1982. Watch Kulm change.Boom and bustPeaked at 742 in 1930; 368 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Kulm’s homes were built before 1958.
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Start Kulm’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kulm’s history is told.

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On the map

Kulm on the map, 1896 to 1982

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

Kulm on the 1896 USGS mapKulm on the 1925 USGS mapKulm on the 1982 USGS map1896Edgeley sheet · 1:125,000

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

People over time

Kulm, census by census

02004006008001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 742

Peaked at 742 in 1930; 368 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

The story so far

Kulm, in brief

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

Kulm is a city in LaMoure County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 368 at the 2020 census. Kulm was founded in 1892.

Kulm was established in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 354 to 368 (+4%).

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

Timeline

Kulm, 1892 to 1931

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892
    FoundingKulm is established
  3. 1893Post officeThe Kulm post office opens
  4. 1896On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 742
  7. 1931Born hereAngie Dickinson is born here
By decade

Kulm, decade by decade

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Questions about Kulm’s history

What year was Kulm founded?

In 1892, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Kulm’s post office opened in 1893, and the census of 1900 counted 463 people here.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.