Kvernes Evangelical Lutheran Church
Nordmore Township Land Acquisition
Land Ownership in 1910 and 1980
Township 147‑65
Nordmore township received its name from the region from which the first pioneers to the area came, which was in Norway. The name means a place of quiet and peace.
Nordmore is bordered on the north by Eddy county, east by Larrabee, south by Rose Hill, and west by Estabrook.
The landscape is described as valley land with the usual steep slopes extending back two miles on each side of an almost level valley bottom. The rest of the land is level to nearly level upland with some land gently rolling.
It is drained by the James River and Kelly Creek which flow through the township. Roanne Ravine meanders through the northwest portion of the township joining the James River on Section 9. There is a gravel pit on the south half of section 4.
The surveyor's report was filed in Huron, Dakota Territory, on September 18, 1884. The total acreage is 22,785.98 Acres.
Scott Sturtevant surveyed the subdivisions in August 1884. The township lines were established by Milton Nye in June 1882. Nordmore was the last area to be surveyed. The story is because of this they received all the errors from the other surveys. These errors were placed in the Northwest 1/4 of section 6 giving it short acreage.
Settlers that were in the area at the time of the surveys were: Charles Jansen, Southwest 6 and 0. Gustad, Southeast 6.
In 1900 Nordmore had 34 open quarters that were not settled.
The Burlington Northern Railroad crosses section 1.
Nordmore had a post office by the name of Cline. One story is that a bachelor by the name of Cline would bring the mail out to a home in Nordmore for the Goshos, Berglunds and others. Sometimes he would be riding a bicycle. It was later established as a post office and they decided to call it Cline after this fellow. It was located 1/4 mile north of the Henry Gussiaas farm on what is now Gordon Miller land. Cline ran the post office for awhile then it was moved to the Andes place and was run by Dave Andes. This is now the Henry Gussiaas farm.
In about 1900 the post office was moved 1/4 mile north on the corner. Many may remember the red granary that stood on that corner and in later years was moved to the Gordon Miller farm. Henry Miller ran the post office then. It went out of existence in 1904. (Material collected by Phyllis Gussiaas. )
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 368