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History · New Leipzig

New Leipzig’s post office opened in 1910, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1920.

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How New Leipzig began

When was New Leipzig founded?

1910

The New Leipzig post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Lawther (1912), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 378 in 19202020 census: 218116 years
Founding year: the first New Leipzig post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about New Leipzig’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 New Leipzig are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 447 in 1950; 218 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of New Leipzig’s homes were built before 1964.
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Start New Leipzig’s collection

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

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People over time

New Leipzig, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 447

Peaked at 447 in 1950; 218 people lived here in 2020.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

The story

How New Leipzig came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of New Leipzig.

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New Leipzig was laid out in 1910 when the railroad was extended to that point. The city took its name after Leipzig, Germany. A post office has been in operation at New Leipzig since 1910.

In 1933, New Leipzig was the site of one of the deadliest tornadoes in North Dakota's recorded history. The storm killed four siblings in the Lamb family, and left eight people injured.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

New Leipzig, 1910 to 1954

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1910Post officeThe New Leipzig post office opens
  3. 1912Post officeThe Lawther post office opens
  4. 1912Post officeThe Lawther post office closes
  5. 1950CensusPopulation peaks at 447
  6. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

New Leipzig, decade by decade

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March Dawn in North Dakota by Victoria Lee Croasdell2017March Dawn in North Dakota by Victoria Lee CroasdellGrain elevators2001Grain elevators
On the map

New Leipzig on the map, 1954 to 1980

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

New Leipzig on the 1954 USGS mapNew Leipzig on the 1976 USGS mapNew Leipzig on the 1980 USGS map1954Bismarck sheet · 1:250,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to New Leipzig

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

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Donald SchaibleMember of North Dakota State Senate · b. 1957
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Melvin J. MillerAmerican politician – Minnesota -House 1973-74 … · b. 1919
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

New Leipzig’s post office has been open since 1910. Another post office, Lawther, opened and closed inside today’s town.

New Leipzig
1910–today
Lawther
1912–1912
19101970today
1cemetery inside New Leipzig
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about New Leipzig’s history

What year was New Leipzig founded?

The New Leipzig post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 (2), Wikidata (1), 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.