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History · Niagara

Niagara’s post office opened in 1883, and 76% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: the census since 1900.

1883first post office
0on the National Register
76%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Quick answers

How Niagara began

When was Niagara founded?

1883

The Niagara post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 392 in 19002020 census: 46143 years
Founding year: the first Niagara post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Niagara’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 Niagara are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Niagara’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Niagara’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Niagara, in brief

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

Niagara is a city in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. It is part of the "Grand Forks, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area" or "Greater Grand Forks". The population was 46 at the 2020 census. Niagara was founded in 1883.

Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 53 to 46 (-13%).

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

Timeline

Niagara, 1883 to 1932

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Niagara post office opens
  3. 1884Born hereNelle Peters is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1932Born hereArt Behm is born here
By decade

Niagara, decade by decade

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People over time

Niagara, census by census

01002003004001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 392

Between 46 and 392 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Niagara

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Nelle PetersAmerican architect · b. 1884
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Art BehmAmerican politician · b. 1932
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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

Questions about Niagara’s history

What year was Niagara founded?

The Niagara post office opened in 1883, 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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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 (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.