Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1970 on and the census since 1930.
Loma dates its founding to 1905 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1930.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Loma’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Loma yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Loma is a city in Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 10 at the 2020 census. Loma was founded in 1905.
Loma was established in 1905. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 16 to 10 (-38%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Loma. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Loma.
Between 10 and 293 people in every census since 1930.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Loma’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Loma itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Loma had its own post office from 1906 to 1964. Another post office, Irene, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1905, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Loma’s post office opened in 1905, and the census of 1930 counted 293 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 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.
