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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Hampden, First NB, 7650
Fr. 624 $10 1902PB
Grade: PMG Ch. VF 35    

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This Ramsey County bank was organized on October 8, 1904 and issued just 2,219 sheets of all large size notes. Including this new addition to the census there are only three large notes reported. Excellent signatures of Martin Rimstad, President and G.A. Nelson, Cashier. This bank was purchased by the First National Bank of Munich (#7569). Ex: Elmer Swanson and purchased from Maurice Melamed. Hampden is located in the Northeastern part of North Dakota in Ramsey County. The population was 48 at the 2010 census. The community was founded in 1903 as Northfield. The first settlers entered the area in the late 1890s, most of them in 1898, coming from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, and one W.P. Faulk from Virginia. The Great Northern Railroad arrived but when land was surveyed for the track, it by-passed Northfield, which at that time was just south of the present site of Hampden. The name of Northfield was disliked by Great Northern Railroad officials because of confusion with Northfield, MN, so it was changed to Hampden. Some say the name honors Frank Hampden, a pioneer settler in the area, while others say it was named for a John Hampden. In 1904 the village was moved to the present location which was closer to the railroad. The village, which incorporated in 1917 and became a city in 1968, reached a peak population of 222 in 1930.

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