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History · LaMoure

LaMoure’s post office opened in 1882, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the La Moure County Courthouse. Below: maps from 1894 on and the census since 1890.

1882first post office
1on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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How LaMoure began

When was LaMoure founded?

1882

The LaMoure post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 309 in 18902020 census: 764144 years
Founding year: the first LaMoure post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about LaMoure’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 LaMoure are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18943 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1978. Watch LaMoure change.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,077 in 1980; 764 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how LaMoure’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

LaMoure on the map, 1894 to 1978

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

LaMoure on the 1894 USGS mapLaMoure on the 1955 USGS mapLaMoure on the 1978 USGS map1894La Moure sheet · 1:62,500

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

People over time

LaMoure, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,077

Peaked at 1,077 in 1980; 764 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

The story so far

LaMoure, in brief

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

LaMoure is a city in LaMoure County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 764 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of LaMoure County. LaMoure was founded in 1882 and was named after Judson LaMoure, a territorial legislator (LaMoure County and the cities of Jud and Judson are also named after him). LaMoure was one of eight global transmission sites of the Omega Navigation System until its closure on September 30, 1997. The station is now used for VLF communication purposes by the U.S. Navy.

Its first post office opened in 1882. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 889 to 764 (-14%).

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

Timeline

LaMoure, 1882 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe La Moure post office opens
  3. 1894On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 1,077
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LaMoure, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 historic place in LaMoure

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
La Moure County Courthouse
La Moure County Courthouse
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Beaux Arts Neo Classicism1
La Moure County CourthouseBeaux Arts Neo Classicism

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Dean TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRyan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about LaMoure’s history

What year was LaMoure founded?

The LaMoure post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in LaMoure?

One place: the La Moure County Courthouse (listed 1980).

Memory lane

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

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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 Wikimedia Commons (12), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.