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History · Long Creek

Half of Long Creek’s homes were built after 1986

Most of Long Creek was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1911 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Long Creek’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 Long Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19113 editions of the USGS map, 1911 to 1983. Watch Long Creek change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Long Creek’s history is told.

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On the map

Long Creek on the map, 1911 to 1983

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

Long Creek on the 1911 USGS mapLong Creek on the 1979 USGS mapLong Creek on the 1983 USGS map1911Ray 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 Long Creek.

The story so far

Long Creek, in brief

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

Long Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Williams County, North Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census, Long Creek had a population of 104. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is on the southern edge of Williams County, on the northern shore of Lake Sakakawea, a large reservoir on the Missouri River. The community sits between two inlets to the lake: Long Creek to the north and Chris Creek to the south. Lewis and Clark State Park is to the north, across Long Creek. The CDP is bordered to the west by 119th Road NW. Williston is 22 miles (35 km) to the northwest by road.

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

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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Long Creek

Nobody well known was born in Long Creek itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Mary Sherman MorganAmerican rocket fuel scientist · b. 1921
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Michael GoldadeAmerican Traditionalist Catholic bishop · b. 1980
Darlene HooleyAmerican politician · b. 1939
Sally FraserAmerican actress · b. 1932
Brian QvaleAmerican basketball player · b. 1988
James Alan AbrahamsonUnited States Air Force general · b. 1933

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.