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History · Lehr

Lehr dates to 1898, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1982 on and the census since 1910.

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38%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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How Lehr began

When was Lehr founded?

1898

Lehr dates its founding to 1898 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1910.

First census: 182 in 19102020 census: 81128 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1899.

What stands out about Lehr’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 Lehr are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 536 in 1940; 81 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Lehr’s homes were built before 1945.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lehr’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Lehr, census by census

0100200300400500600192019401960198020002020Peak: 536

Peaked at 536 in 1940; 81 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Lehr, in brief

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

Lehr is a city in Logan and McIntosh counties in the State of North Dakota. The population was 81 at the 2020 census. Lehr was founded in 1898.

Lehr was established in 1898. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 80 in 2010, 81 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Lehr, 1898 to 1982

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898
    FoundingLehr is established
  3. 1899Post officeThe Lehr post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1915Born hereLloyd Rigler is born here
  6. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 536
  7. 1982On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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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On the map

Lehr on the map in 1982

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lehr.

Lehr on the 1982 USGS map1982Lehr 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 Lehr.

Questions about Lehr’s history

What year was Lehr founded?

In 1898, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Lehr’s post office opened in 1899, and the census of 1910 counted 182 people here.

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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 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.