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Copy of Norwegian-American Founded Towns NAC-103

Writer's picture: Nelson HusebyNelson Huseby

My wife says Norwegian-Americans find each other, even if they are not trying. A good example was when my wife provided childcare for a neighbor and classmate of our son, who lived around the block from us in Clovis, California. It not only turned out that they were Norwegians, but we discovered that their father worked at my aunt and uncle’s grocery store every summer in a small town in Iowa.

On our trip earlier this month, I stumbled upon a town founded by Norwegians in an unexpected place. Of course, it would not be surprising that Norwegians founded many towns in the Midwestern states of the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. But Norwegians were involved in settling other parts of the United States as well.


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