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History · Lund

Lund’s post office opened in 1898, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Lund Grade School. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1956 on.

1898first post office
1on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Lund began, and where its name came from

When was Lund founded?

1898

The Lund post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 211128 years

How did Lund get its name?

When members from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints settled in the area, Lund was named for Anthon H. Lund, a Mormon church official.

More on the name

Before the advent of the LDS people, the town site and spring were named for Tom Plane, an earlier occupant.

Founding year: the first Lund post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Lund’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Lund’s collection

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

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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewJoseph S Leavitt and family Lund White …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Lund came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lund.

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In the early 1870s, Tom Plane operated a ranch based near Lund Spring. He employed ranch hands that grew feed and food and raised live stock to support needs of the mining towns. His ranch house was a welcome respite for travelers on the Hamilton-Pioche road. Later, James R. Withington gained ownership of Tom Plane's ranch and built White Pine County's first flour mill at the Tom Plane's spring head.

Lund was settled in 1898 on land that the United States government had given the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in lieu of land that had been confiscated under the Edmunds–Tucker Act. The first settlers were Latter-day Saints, and the LDS Church still has a ward in Lund.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Lund, 1898 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Lund post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902In the archiveJoseph S Leavitt and family Lund White Pine County Nevada
  5. 1915BuiltLund Grade School is built
  6. 1917Born hereJack D. H. Hays is born here
  7. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Lund, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
Joseph S Leavitt and family Lund White Pine County Nevadac. 1902Joseph S Leavitt and family Lund White Pine County Ne…
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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On the map

Lund on the map, 1956 to 1978

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

Lund on the 1956 USGS mapLund on the 1960 USGS mapLund on the 1978 USGS map1956Lund 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 Lund.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Joseph S Leavitt and family Lund White Pine County Nevada
Retake this viewJoseph S Leavitt and family Lund White Pine County Nevada, c. 1902

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Lund

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2018
Lund Grade School
Lund Grade School, built 1915
Buildings
Lund Grade SchoolBuilt 1915

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

Questions about Lund’s history

What year was Lund founded?

The Lund post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Lund?

One place: the Lund Grade School (listed 2018).

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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 (12), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.