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History · Strasburg

Strasburg dates to 1902, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church Complex. Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1910.

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21%homes built before 1940
3famous people
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How Strasburg began

When was Strasburg founded?

1902

Strasburg dates its founding to 1902 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1910.

First census: 273 in 19102020 census: 379124 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1898.The full story ↓

What stands out about Strasburg’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 Strasburg are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 994 in 1940; 379 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Strasburg’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Strasburg, census by census

02004006008001,000192019401960198020002020Peak: 994

Peaked at 994 in 1940; 379 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How Strasburg came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Strasburg.

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Strasburg was laid out in 1902 when a spur of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul Railroad was extended to that point. The city was named after Straßburg, Ukraine, a town founded by 18th century German immigrants in South Russia and now (with all the Germans expelled) renamed Kuchurhan, Rozdilna Raion. Strassburg was, in turn, named for the historic German city of Strassburg in Alsace, France. A post office has been in operation at Strasburg since 1903.

Historic sites in or near Strasburg include Tirsbol Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site, Wrought-iron cross sites of Holy Trinity Cemetery (Strasburg, North Dakota), and Ludwig and Christina Welk Homestead.

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Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Strasburg, 1898 to 1971

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Tirsbol post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902
    FoundingStrasburg is established
  5. 1903Born hereLawrence Welk is born here
  6. 1903Post officeThe Tirsbol post office closes
  7. 1903Post officeThe Strasburg post office opens
  8. 1910BuiltSaints Peter and Paul Catholic Church Complex is built
  9. 1938Born hereToby Roth is born here
  10. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 994
  11. 1947Born hereClaudia Volk is born here
  12. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Strasburg, decade by decade

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On the map

Strasburg on the map, 1971 to 1980

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

Strasburg on the 1971 USGS mapStrasburg on the 1980 USGS map1971Strasburg 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 Strasburg.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Strasburg

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1986
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church Complex
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church Complex, built 1910
Buildings
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church ComplexBuilt 1910

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

Famous people

3 famous people were born in Strasburg

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

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Lawrence WelkAmerican musician, bandleader, and impresario · b. 1903
Toby RothAmerican politician · b. 1938
Claudia VolkAmerican politician · b. 1947
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Strasburg’s post office has been open since 1903. Another post office, Tirsbol, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Tirsbol
1898–1903
Strasburg
1903–today
18901960today
1cemetery inside Strasburg
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic

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

Questions about Strasburg’s history

What year was Strasburg founded?

In 1902, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Strasburg’s post office opened in 1898, and the census of 1910 counted 273 people here.

What is on the National Register in Strasburg?

One place: the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church Complex (listed 1986).

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 (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.