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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Churchs Ferry, First NB, W6337
Fr. 616 $10 1902DB
Grade: PMG Fine 12    

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This town is in Ramsey County and its national bank was chartered in July 1902, surviving the note issuing period. This is one of only three large notes reported from an issue of 6,209 sheets. This example is a bit dirty but it has excellent penned signatures of N. Englehorn, Cashier and H.C. Hanson, President. Churchs Ferry is a city in Ramsey County that has been nearly swallowed by the expansion of nearby Devils Lake. The population was 12 at the 2010 census. Devils Lake began rising in the early 1990s, and more than 400 homes around the lake have been relocated or destroyed. This includes Churchs Ferry, although some people remain in the community. Devils Lake is an endorheic body of water in that it has no natural river or stream to carry away excess rain and snowmelt. Some of the few remaining citizens signed a petition to dissolve the town, saying there aren't enough services to continue as an incorporated city. On January 10, 2012, Churchs Ferry residents voted 5 to 2 to remain an incorporated town. The area was originally settled by Irvine Church with a rural post office established December 12, 1883 with Church as Postmaster. Mr. Church came here in 1882 from Northfield, Minnesota, and operated a ferry service across the Mauvaise Coulee. On November 13, 1886 the post office was moved one mile north to the Great Northern Railroad townsite and the name was changed to Church's Ferry. To conform to new government spelling regulations, the apostrophe was dropped and the name was changed to Churchs Ferry on November 30, 1894. The village, which incorporated in 1897, reached a peak population of 457 in 1910.

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