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Hello! In the fall of 2006 I began to photograph as many country churches
in North Dakota & Northwestern Minnesota as I could find. Many of these have closed or are struggling with declining area
populations.
Apr 2013 update: I'm not sure when I'll get back up to ND. Counties
like Cass & Grand Forks wouldn't be too difficult to conquer if I took the time to drive up there, but the others
are further away and it's harder to find somewhere to stay overnight. So for now this will have to stay the way it is.
I'm not really checking to see if churches have closed either so my info may be incorrect/outdated. Thanks for visiting
and hopefully what churches I do have on here provide a nice sample of rural places of worship.
Unless stated otherwise, the information about each church is all
I have. I am not able to provide anything else out about them.
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Cavalier County:
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Aspelund, Big Pembina, Fjalla, Goldberg, Nore Numedahl, Our Lady
of the Sacred Heart (at Olga), St. Stephans
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Pembina County:
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Peters, Pioneer, St. John's, St. Pauls, Vidalin
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Walsh County:
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Aadalen, Adolphus, Hitterdal, Hoff, Hvideso, North Trinity, Odalen,
Park Center, Pleasant Valley, Quale, St. Catherines of Lomice, St. Joseph's Chapel, St. Peter, St. Stanislaus (at Warsaw),
Sts. Peter & Paul (Bechyne), Sarepta, South Trinity, Vang, Zion
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Barnes County:
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North Marion, St. Mary's, St. Petri, Waldheim
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Bottineau County:
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Betania, Bethel, Emmanual, Inherred, Lesje, Mouse River, St. John,
Salem, Swedish, Turtle Mountain, Zion
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Burke County:
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Bethlehem, Scandia, Short Creek, South St. Olaf, Tonset
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Burleigh County:
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Alta, Glencoe, John's Lake, Sunne, Zion
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Divide County:
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Bethlehem, East Writing Rock, Glenwood, Opdahl, Our Saviors, Troy/Peace,
Rudser, Skabo, Trinity, Twin Butte, Writing Rock, Zion
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Griggs County:
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Eidfjord, Ness, Ottawa, Ringsaker, Saron, Union, West Prairie, Zion (Clearfield Township), Zion/Westley
(Sverdrup Towship)
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Morton County:
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Rural Union, St. Vincent's, Sims, Stone
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Mountrail County:
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Bethany, Bethlehem (Crane Creek Twnshp), Bethlehem (Crowfoot Twnshp),
Norman
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Richland County:
Clearwater County:
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Barrie, Gol, Grace, Helendale,
Homestead, United, Viking, West Prairie, Zion Lutheran, Zion Methodist
East Zion, Emmanuel, Faith Bible, Oak Park, Our Savior's, Seljord,
Zion
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Steele County:
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Bang, Beaver Creek, Goose River, Hofva, Little Forks, Ostervold, Perry, Sheyenne Valley
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Traill County:
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Aal, Gran, Grue, Highland, Norway, Ringsaker, Salem, Stordahl
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Williams County:
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Bethel, Bethesda, Faith, Moon Creek (Hauge), Our Saviors, St. Olaf,
Scandia, Scandia Valley, Trinity
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Kittson County:
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East Emmaus, Holy Rosary, Red River, St. Michaels Ukrainian Orthodox,
Skjeberg, Teien Covenant
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Marshall County:
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Alma Baptist, Alma Lutheran, Bethania, Bethlehem of Agder Township,
Bethlehem of New Solum, Bigwoods, Emmauel (Ringbo), Hegland, Immanuel of Radium, Immanuel of Vega Township, Oak Park, Our
Saviors of Thief Lake, Rindal, St. John the Baptist, St. Petri, Salem, Satersdal, Silver Creek, Zion
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Polk County:
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Bethany (Esther Township), Bethany (Johnson Township), Bethlehem,
Broderheim, Bygland, Gosen, Holy Trinity, Kongsvinger, Maple Lake, Melo, Poplar Lake, Rodnes, St. Paul's, St. Peter, Salem,
Sand Hill (Sletten Township), Sand Hill (Vineland Township), Saron, Scandia, Trinity, Union Lake, Varnes, Vernes, Zion
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Miscellaneous churches (ND):
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Deapolis Chapel (Mercer); Hjerdal
(McHenry); Hope/Stone (Grant); Immanuel (Benson); Island Lake (Rolette); James River (Foster); Kvernes (Foster); Neuburg Congregational
(Hettinger); North Prairie (Towner); Our Lady of Lourdes (Stark); Our Saviors (Ward); Preston (Ransom); St. Jerome
(Benson); St. Joseph's (Grant); St. Olaf (Benson); St. Pokrova/Korsun (Dunn); Sheyenne (Nelson); Sigdal (Nelson); Vang
(Dunn); Zion (Hettinger)
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Churches shown on the "closed" page:
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North Dakota: St. Petri (Kidder); Arena church (Burleigh); Hurricane
Lake (Pierce); Hallson (Pembina); St. Anthony (Pembina); Wolf Butte (Adams)
Minnesota: Hoflanda (Mower); Rice Lake (Dodge);
First Lutheran (Kittson)
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