Logan County, North Dakota Area
Area Coordinators: Marcia Paxton and Carolyn Schott
Date Formed: 1872-73
County Seat: unnamed site, 1884; Napoleon, 1884-1899; King, 1899; Napoleon, 1899-present
Cities, townships and historical communities:
CITIES - Burnstad, Fredonia, Gackle, Guyson, King, Lehr, Napoleon, Peters
TOWNSHIPS - Arvada, Blue Ball, Bryant, Cokato, Dixon, Finn, German, Glendale, Grenz, Gutschmidt, *Haag, Hills, Hillsburg, Hollandsworth, *Janke, Johannesdale, Ketterling, Koepplin, Kroeber, *Lautt, Moos, *Nathan, Neu Dorf, Red Lake, Schell Butte, Sealy, Starkey, Weigel.
* Fredonia 2004 history book has maps of these townships showing schools, cemeteries, post offices, original farm locationsArticles:
Name Type Source Arrival of the Soo at Napoleon History Peter Sperle Big War Costly, by G.W. Patterson (Bismarck Tribune, 1987)
History Heritage Review #17-4, 1987, p. 21 Fredonia Photo Photo Heritage Review #24, 1979, Cover Gackle, ND by F.W. Sallet (Dakota Freie Presse, 1909) History Heritage Review #17, 1977, p. 13
Heritage Review #18, 1977, p. 25
Heritage Review #21, 1978, p. 22Growing up in Logan County History-Personal NDSU Library Legacy of Three Generations History-Personal Denise Miller Stoppelworth Lehr Tabernacle, by Arnold Marzolf History Heritage Review #21-3, 1991, p.2 Lehr Tabernacle, by Carolyn Schott History, Memories Heritage Review #37-1, 2007, p. 11 Lehr Tabernacle – Readers Respond History, Memories Heritage Review #37-2, 2007, p. 31 Lehr, ND by Gottlieb Harr (Dakota Freie Presse, 1935) History Heritage Review #12-2, 1982, p.6 Logan County Miscellaneous Obituaries Obits Genealogy Buff.com Logan County, by F.W. Sallet (Dakota Freie Presse, 1909) History Heritage Review #21, 1978, p. 22 Old Letters, Gackle, ND (Eureka Rundschau, 1919) History Heritage Review #29-3, 1999, p.36 She Knew How to Love, Cousin Edna Weispfenning History-Personal Thomas G. Mueller St. Boniface Catholic Church History-Church NDSU Library The Last Link, Dakota Territory Logan County 1887 History Thomas Mueller
Books: (These books are available at GRHS headquarters)
- American Lutheran Church, Trinity, Napoleon, North Dakota, Glueckstal, Tappen, North Dakota by American Lutheran Church
- Atlas of Logan - McIntosh County, North Dakota by Midland Atlas Company, Inc. (Milbank, South Dakota)
- Cemeteries of Logan County North Dakota by George Barron
- Fredonia Diamond Jubilee, 1904-1979: 75 years of prosperity
- Fredonia Golden Jubilee, 1904-1954
- Fredonia will shine once more in 2004
- Gackle all-school reunion, July 7-8, 1979, Gackle, North Dakota by Gackle Alumni Committee
- Gackle Diamond Jubilee: Gackle, the pride of its people, 1904-1979
- Gackle Diamond Jubilee; Gackle--the pride of its people, ...
- Golden Jubilee, Gackle, 1904-1954
- Gackle - Prairies & people: Gackle, ND 1904-2004 by Gackle Centennial Book Committee
- Gackle parish Congregational Church records, Gackle, North Dakota
- History for Evangelisch Lutherisch Johannes Church, Christus Parish, Martin Luther Lutheran Church, Fredonia, North Dakota by Martin Luther Lutheran Church
- History of Grace Baptist Church by Grace Baptist Church (Gackle, North Dakota)
- History of Grace Lutheran Church, Lehr, North Dakota by Grace Lutheran Church
- "I want to send word to you" a soldier writes home: the 1918 letters of John Mayer of Logan County, North Dakota by Michael Rempfer, translator
- Lehr Centennial 1898 - 1998
- Lehr Diamond Jubilee, 1898-1973
- Lehr Golden Jubilee 1898-1948
- Logan County: History of Townships by Logan County Centennial Committee
- Logan County, North Dakota 1900 census (partial listing)
- Mannheim School District #4, School #4, Logan County, North Dakota by Placid Alois Gross
- Napoleon Baptist Church, Napoleon, North Dakota: history and greetings for the 50th anniversary celebration, May 30, 31, and June 1, 1969 by Napoleon Baptist Church
- Napoleon, ND Centennial, 1884-1984: June 14-17
- Napoleon - 75th Anniversary of Napoleon, North Dakota
- Neudorf Lutheran Church golden anniversary, 1903-1953, August 30, 1953 by Neudorf Lutheran Church (Gackle, North Dakota)
- Trinity Lutheran Church, Napoleon, North Dakota
- World War I draft registrants for Logan County, North Dakota towns of: Burnstad, Fredonia, Gackle, Kintyre, Lehr, Streeter, Wishek by Michael Rempfer
Cemeteries – Locations on a Map Community/Township Comments Cemeteries - GPS, location, photos
More ND Cemetery Photos Berlin German Baptist Church Cemetery Church of God Ebenezer Church Cemetery Ebenfeld Cemetery Emanuel Congregation Cemetery Emanuel Congregation Cemetery Eslinger Family Cemetery Cemetery list in Fredonia 2004 book Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (Labrensz) Cemetery list in Fredonia 2004 book Evangelical Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Family Rest Cemetery (Sukut) Friedensthal Cemetery Cemetery list in Fredonia 2004 book Gackle City Cemetery (Elhard) German Baptist Cemetery list in Fredonia 2004 book German Baptist Flat Cemetery Homola Finnish Old Apostolic Cemetery Cemetery list in Fredonia 2004 book Hope EUB Church Cemetery Hope Evangelical EUB Cemetery Jehovah Congregation St. Lucas Cemetery
Johannesthal Cemetery
Keszler Family Cemetery
King Cemetery
Lautt Cemetery Millers Cemetery Napoleon City Cemetery
Nazareth Parish Cemetery Cemetery list in Fredonia 2004 book Neudorf Cemetery Orthodox Catholic Cemetery
Pamona Valley Cemetery Cemetery list in Fredonia 2004 book
Perman Family Cemetery
Pioneer Cemetery
Postal Cemetery Red Lake Community Cemetery Saari Cemetery St. Anthony's Cemetery St. Boniface Cemetery
St. Clara Catholic Cemetery St. James Lutheran Cemetery St. Johannes and Martin Luther Cemetery Cemetery list in Fredonia 2004 book St. Philip Neri Catholic Cemetery Salem Congregation Cemetery Salem Lutheran Cemetery Schaffer Cemetery (Private)
Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery Streeter Gemeinde SDA Church Cemetery Tabor Evangelical Church Cemetery Cemetery list in Fredonia 2004 book Tiede Lutheran Cemetery Cemetery list in Fredonia 2004 book Wolf Family Cemetery Cemetery list in Fredonia 2004 book (partial)
Churches: Napoleon Baptist Church
418 3rd Street E, Napoleon, ND 58561
(701) 754-2627Full Gospel Assembly
Napoleon, ND 58561
St. Matthews Lutheran Church
402 Broadway, Napoleon, ND 58561
(701) 754-2802St. Philip Neri Catholic Church
401 Broadway, Napoleon, ND 58561
(701) 754-2860Trinity Lutheran Church
423 2nd Street East, Napoleon, ND 58561
(701) 754-2500United Methodist Church
221 2nd Street E, Napoleon, ND 58561
(701) 754-2603Assembly of God
407 1st Avenue E, Gackle, ND 58442
(701) 485-3398Emmanuel Lutheran Church
117 Spruce Street W, Gackle, ND 58442
(701) 254-5395Grace Baptist Church
204 Spruce Street W, Gackle, ND 58442
(701) 485-3360Grace Lutheran Church
221 St S Lehr, ND 58460
(701) 378-2565United Methodist Church
403 East St S Lehr, ND 58460-4016
(701) 378-2335Martin Luther Church
302 Dietz St, Fredonia, ND 58440-4005
(701) 698-2251Census Records:
1900 Images
1910 Images
1920 Images
1930 Images1900 – Lehr and Mannheim Twp. censuses also listed in Heritage Review 10-2, 1980
Maps: GRHS Online Map Collection
1906 North Dakota
1921 North DakotaPlat Map:
1916 Plat Map IndexSchools:
-Lists of school teachers and students in the country schools for Haag, Janke, Nathan, and Lautt Townships, and for Fredonia are included in the 2004 Fredonia book. Includes 1903-1967; all townships do not include all years.
-List of school teachers and students for the Lehr school district from 1903-1907 is included in the 1973 Lehr history book.
Surnames:
Batsch , Bender, Blaskowsky, Borth, Brosz, Burekle, Deutscher, Dittus, Dockter, Elhard, Entzi, Enzminger, Eslinger, Fischer, Flaig, Fode, Geigle, Gienger, Geiszler, Goehring, Grenz, Grosz, Gumke, Gutschmidt, Haag, Haas, Haut, Hehn, Herman, Hochhalter, Janke, Ketterling, Kinzler, Klundt, Kleingartner, Kramlich, Krueger, Lang, Lautt, Meidinger, Moos, Morlock, Mueller, Munsch, Nitschke, Ost, Pritzkau, Reich, Remboldt, Reule, Rivinius, Rott, Rudolf, Ruff, Schlecht, Schlenker, Schmeirer, Schott, Schuldeisz, Speidel, Suko, Sukut, Weispfenning, Widmer, Wolf, Zillmer and ZimmermanWebsites relating to Logan County:
Logan County US GenWeb
Logan County (Wikipedia)
Logan County Demographics (ePodunk) and more Logan County Demographics (city-data.com)
Gackle Genealogy Web Site
Gackle-Streeter Public School
Gackle Municipal Site
Fredonia Community Profile
Napoleon Community Profile
Lehr Community Profile
Burnstad “Ghost Town”