Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Landa

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Landa

Landa dates to 1899, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 1930.

1899founded
0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
Photo: Bjarte Hetland · CC BY 2.5
Quick answers

How Landa began

When was Landa founded?

1899

Landa dates its founding to 1899 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1930.

First census: 140 in 19302020 census: 41127 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1905.The full story ↓

What stands out about Landa’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 Landa are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Landa’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Landa came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Landa.

Read it all →

The extension westward of the railroad in 1903 led to the establishment of Landa along the Great Northern Railway. Originally named Strabane, Norwegian immigrants renamed it after Daniel D. Landa and Theodore T. Landa, early settlers in the area.

Landa once had a bank, a hardware store, a lumber yard, a hotel, and other business establishments. Landa incorporated as a city in 1922, and showed a population of 140 during the 1930 Census.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Landa, 1899 to 1991

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899
    FoundingLanda is established
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905Post officeThe Landa post office opens
  5. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1991Post officeThe Landa post office closes
By decade

Landa, decade by decade

Today10 recent
Landa, North Dakota - P52214062008Landa, North Dakota - P5221406Landa, North Dakota - P52214052008Landa, North Dakota - P5221405Landa, North Dakota - P52214042008Landa, North Dakota - P5221404Landa, North Dakota - P52214032008Landa, North Dakota - P5221403Landa, North Dakota - P52214022008Landa, North Dakota - P5221402Landa, North Dakota - P52214012008Landa, North Dakota - P5221401Landa, North Dakota - P52214002008Landa, North Dakota - P5221400Landa, North Dakota - P52213982008Landa, North Dakota - P5221398Landa, North Dakota - P52213972008Landa, North Dakota - P5221397Landa Grain Elevator2000Landa Grain Elevator
On the map

Landa on the map, 1949 to 1980

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

Landa on the 1949 USGS mapLanda on the 1950 USGS mapLanda on the 1980 USGS map1949Landa 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 Landa.

People over time

Landa, census by census

010019401960198020002020Peak: 149

Between 28 and 149 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Landa had its own post office from 1905 to 1991.

Landa
1905–1991
19001960today

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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

Questions about Landa’s history

What year was Landa founded?

In 1899, according to Wikidata. Landa’s post office opened in 1905, and the census of 1930 counted 140 people here.

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
Start a conversation
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 (10), Wikipedia, 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.