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History · North Ogden

North Ogden dates to 1850, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 25% of U.S. towns · #78 of 119 in Utah. What drives it

Most of North Ogden was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Its Register listing is the North Ogden Baseball Field and Grandstand. Below: maps from 1955 on and the census since 1870.

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Quick answers

How North Ogden began

When was North Ogden founded?

1850

North Ogden dates its founding to 1850 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1870.

First census: 683 in 18702020 census: 20,916176 years

How historic is North Ogden?

C−

More historic than 25% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1860.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives North Ogden’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, North Ogden is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #78 of 119 in Utah. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of North Ogden’s overall grade.
Founding era1850, from Wikidata: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19402.1% of homes (±0.9) · typical UT town 2.8% · U.S. 8.4%C−National Register1 listing, 0.5 per 10,000 residents · typical UT town 3.0 · U.S. 2.4C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 25%
NewerOlder
Utah towns of 2,500+ (119)Ahead of 35%

Utah towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Utah town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so North Ogden’s 0.5 sits near the middle of its state (38% of Utah towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share (±0.9 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1850.

Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about North Ogden’s past

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

Lost villages41 hamlets and corners are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of North Ogden are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost a third of its people between 1880 and 1910, then grew more than tenfold.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

North Ogden had its own post office from 1860 to 1907.

North Ogden
1860–1907
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BaileyBen Lomond ParkBest View EstatesCamarren Cove EstatesCarriage Hill EstatesCherrywoodCold Water EstatesDe BlooisFairfield AcresGreen Acres EstatesGreen MeadowsHeritage GroveHi VistaHill TopIndian HillsJillvilleLakeview HeightsLancer AcresLarson ParkLoma LindaLomond AcresMarvella HeightsMesa Del MonteMount Lomond Estates
1cemetery inside North Ogden
Ben Lomond

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

Help out

Start North Ogden’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how North Ogden’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

North Ogden, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,00018801900192019401960198020002020956 in 1880Low: 579

Lost a third of its people between 1880 and 1910, then grew more than tenfold.

16 censuses, 1870–2020.

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

The story

How North Ogden came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of North Ogden.

Read it all →

Among the first people to dwell in the North Ogden area were the Shoshone. The Shoshoni name for the area is “Opecarry,” which translates to “stick in the head.”

North Ogden was settled by European-American settlers during the winter of 1850 by two sets of cattle ranchers from Ogden. The Campbells and the Riddles had been warned by Brigham Young not to venture from the fort in Ogden due to the troubles with the local Shoshone. After a few months wintering their cattle, they were forced to return to Ogden in fear of Shoshone reprisals. The following year, after the trouble with the Shoshone had been partially settled, Jonathan Campbell returned with a number of other families to permanently settle the spot.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

North Ogden, 1850 to 2020

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850
    FoundingNorth Ogden is established
  3. 1860Post officeThe North Ogden post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1907Post officeThe North Ogden post office closes
  6. 1929Born hereDee Hock is born here
  7. 1948Born hereBill Orton is born here
  8. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1987Born hereKelsey Nixon is born here
  10. 21st century
  11. 2020CensusPopulation peaks at 20,916
By decade

North Ogden, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Smith's Marketplace - Grocery Store - North Ogden - Utah2022Smith's Marketplace - Grocery Store - North Ogden - U…Doleのレタス2016DoleのレタスNorth Ogden Utah City Hall2011North Ogden Utah City HallNorth Ogden Elementary School Utah2009North Ogden Elementary School Utah
On the map

North Ogden on the map, 1955 to 1992

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

North Ogden on the 1955 USGS mapNorth Ogden on the 1969 USGS mapNorth Ogden on the 1975 USGS mapNorth Ogden on the 1986 USGS mapNorth Ogden on the 1992 USGS map1955North Ogden 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 North Ogden.

On the National Register

1 historic place in North Ogden

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
2026
North Ogden Baseball Field and Grandstand
All 1 listings
North Ogden Baseball Field and GrandstandSite · listed 2026

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 North Ogden

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

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Bill OrtonAmerican politician · b. 1948
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Dee HockAmerican businessman · b. 1929
K
Kelsey NixonAmerican chef · b. 1987
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Pleasant ViewIts storyC−HarrisvilleIts storyC−Ogden63 historic placesA

Questions about North Ogden’s history

What year was North Ogden founded?

In 1850, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. North Ogden’s post office opened in 1860, and the census of 1870 counted 683 people here.

How does North Ogden rank for history?

North Ogden is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #78 of 119 in Utah. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in North Ogden?

One place: the North Ogden Baseball Field and Grandstand (listed 2026).

How old are the homes in North Ogden?

2% of North Ogden’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 2.8% for an Utah town; the median home was built in 1993.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.