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History · Verona

Verona’s post office opened in 1886, and 44% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1895 on and the census since 1910.

1886first post office
0on the National Register
44%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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How Verona began

When was Verona founded?

1886

The Verona post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 235 in 19102020 census: 59140 years
Founding year: the first Verona post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Verona’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 Verona are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18954 editions of the USGS map, 1895 to 1986. Watch Verona change.Old housesHalf of Verona’s homes were built before 1954.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Verona’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Verona on the map, 1895 to 1986

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

Verona on the 1895 USGS mapVerona on the 1918 USGS mapVerona on the 1970 USGS mapVerona on the 1986 USGS map1895Lamoure 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 Verona.

The story so far

Verona, in brief

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

Verona is a city in LaMoure County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 59 at the 2020 census. Verona was founded in 1886.

Its first post office opened in 1886. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 85 to 59 (-31%).

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

By decade

Verona, decade by decade

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People over time

Verona, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 258

Between 59 and 258 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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

Questions about Verona’s history

What year was Verona founded?

The Verona post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (6), 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.