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Regent’s post office opened in 1910, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Hill, Dr. S. W., Drug Store. Its Register listing is the Hill, Dr. S. W., Drug Store. Below: maps from 1966 on and the census since 1920.

1910first post office
1on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
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How Regent began

When was Regent founded?

1910

The Regent post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Horswill (1905), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 262 in 19202020 census: 170116 years
Founding year: the first Regent post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Regent’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 Regent are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 405 in 1950; 170 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Regent’s homes were built before 1961.
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Start Regent’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Regent’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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People over time

Regent, census by census

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Peaked at 405 in 1950; 170 people lived here in 2020.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

The story

How Regent came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Regent.

Read it all →

Regent was founded in 1910 when the railroad was extended to that point. The city was so named with the aim of promoting its central location in order to attract the county seat. A post office has been in operation at Regent since 1910.

In 1999, Consolidated Telephone Cooperative had been the sole provider of telephone service. Western Wireless began providing service by cellular connection and thus saving the costs of installing wires. Angered by the loss of its customers, Consolidated refused to connect calls to and from Western's central switch, effectively disconnecting all of Western's customers in town. Western complained to regulatory authorities, and Consolidated agreed to connect the disconnected customers.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Regent, 1905 to 1966

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1905Post officeThe Horswill post office opens
  3. 1910Post officeThe Horswill post office closes
  4. 1910Post officeThe Regent post office opens
  5. 1950CensusPopulation peaks at 405
  6. 1966On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Regent, decade by decade

Today6 recent
A dirt road, seemingly to nowhere, near Regent in rural North Dakota2021A dirt road, seemingly to nowhere, near Regent in rur…Farm scene near Regent, North Dakota2021Farm scene near Regent, North DakotaRegent, North Dakota2009Regent, North DakotaPheasants on the Prairie," Enchanted Highway2005Pheasants on the Prairie," Enchanted Highway"The Tin Family," Enchanted Highway2005"The Tin Family," Enchanted Highway"The Tin Family," Enchanted Highway2005"The Tin Family," Enchanted Highway
On the map

Regent on the map, 1966 to 1980

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

Regent on the 1966 USGS mapRegent on the 1980 USGS map1966Regent 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 Regent.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Regent

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Hill, Dr. S. W., Drug Store
Hill, Dr. S. W., Drug Store
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Commercial1
Hill, Dr. S. W., Drug StoreCommercial

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Regent’s post office has been open since 1910. Another post office, Horswill, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Horswill
1905–1910
Regent
1910–today
19001960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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

Questions about Regent’s history

What year was Regent founded?

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

What is on the National Register in Regent?

One place: the Hill, Dr. S. W., Drug Store (listed 1980).

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 (2), the Library of Congress (4), the National Register of Historic Places (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.