Sims nd church

The two towns became so closely intertwined in their educational and social fabric they truly became one community and remain so today. This web site is established primarily for educational use of the people of North Dakota, especially those in the local area and those who have moved away and wish to make information available to their descendents regarding their heritage. It is expected that it may also be used by local schools for advancing knowledge of the history of the local community and for use by bona fide reseachers studying North Dakota and the Sims-Almont area in particular.

This is a non-profit web site. This web site is currently undergoing multple additions. Changes will continue indefinitely into the future. My great grandfather built that house — sad to see it gradually falling down — thanks for the great photos! My grandmother and mother were baptised in the church. I wonder , who owns the houses you see here that your relatives long time ago built? Are they still in the family?

Have people just leaved the towns becasue there was no more jobs? What happened with all the farms and farmers in North Dacota? WHo own them now and why do noone try to build up some of it again?

Most of these abandoned towns in ND were former boom-towns, when whatever temporary economic boost they were profiting from dried out, people all left. To answer your question about farming: agriculture is still tremendous in North Dakota and always will be, you are merely seeing the effects of land ownership changes. I was wondering if you could give some names of people living in that house?

I did a Ghost investigation and kept getting the name Rachel? I do not know a Rachel. Could you please let me know any information on the people that lived there. Thank you. My mother-in-law grew up in Sims and her brother still attends the church there. We were related to some in New Salem on the Peterson side but do not know much about the Andersons.

The care put into this house, the planning and building, is so obvious even in this state of decay. Sometimes I wonder why we walk away from so much, but we do.

I can only image that house in its hey-day. Even now there is something quite gorgeous and compelling about it. The scenery is beyond wonderful. I hope that ND does not allow the energy industry to ruin this beautiful landscape.

Great pictures, guys! Sims is one of my favorite spots to photograph. When I lived in Bismarck I drove out there nearly every week. It is such a beautiful area! It is full of information and pictures Almont and the surrounding area, including Sims.

Although a Wikipedia entry contends the town ballooned to just over 1, people at one point, the and US Census counted the population of the village both times at just under people. Sims Township did list almost people in Something North Dakota has experienced recently with oil wells. Over a bridge that runs north along the former railroad right-of-way, sits two houses, what are most likely the only other remaining structures from Sims before it became a ghost town.

There are roughly three farms close enough to what would have been the town center to say Sims still has residents, but when your post office goes, so does your zip code and town. Any mail you would send today would be addressed with the nearby town name of Almont. Sims, North Dakota. Share on facebook.