Haynes, ND
Adams County
Inhabited as of 5/07
Haynes was founded in 1906 under the name Gadsden. It reportedly had over two hundred people at one time.
US Census Data for Haynes
Total Population by Place
1960 – 111
1970 – 53
1980 – 58
2000 – 19
2010 — 23
The owner seems to be doing a pretty good job of steady upkeep on this school.
Haynes is just a few miles inside the North Dakota border with South Dakota.
No waiting in line… anyone?
2007? or 1907?
Photos by Troy and Rat, copyright Sonic Tremor Media LLC
Wow – interesting school! Is that stucco? You do not see that very often.
My grandmother grew up on a farm just to the west of Haynes. She attended that school from K-12th grade. There is some dispute as to when it closed, but it was sometime between 1962-64. She said it remained open for town gatherings and stuff for about 20 years after that. My great-grandma has a Hettinger/Haynes centennial commemoration book and it has many pictures of a regional basketball tournament held at the Haynes HS with at least 6 other towns in attendance.
The workshop attached to the school was our “new” gym. The house right under the school pic is the house that I grew up in. Imagine my surprise when I saw it!! The last graduating class was held in 1963 and the school closed forever in 1970, until that time, there was a grade school there. After that, Haynes became a “ghost town.” These dates are accurate because I researched it for our All School Reunion which was held July 4-5, 2009. Students came back from all over the US and it was a “smashing” success!!
The 2009 reunion was very well done… had a fun time there!
I am a columist for the local paper( Community Conversations) and do stories on older towns and their histories. I am writing about Haynes this week and would like any histoory on the town you can share.
Joyce HINRICHS
“I Write for You”
sportstrax@ndsupernet.com
Troy / Rat
I have a photo of this school house which was taken sometime in the 1950′s, based on the vehicles setting next to it. It looks like the building had just completed construction. The photo was in my parents (both deceased) photo colection. It wasn’t until two years ago I finnaly figured out what / where this building was when I drove through Haynes and saw the school there.
If you want a copy of this photo, let me know.
John
i live in haynes in a house i know nothing about it is 98 years old and about a black away from the school. if you know any thing about this house please call me,
My grandfather was born at a house in/near Haynes in 1912. I’ve seen a photo of the house, don’t know if it’s still standing, or where exactly it was though.
My grandfather James Dyson & several of his siblings all had farmsteads south of Haynes. I’m told the house that stands at 106 8th Street West in Lemmon was originally built in Haynes and my grandfathers’ first wife had it moved. She was a teacher of some sort. Her name was Isabelle.
I am fascinated by the type of houses you have. The front of a lot of buildings are square and behind that you have tilted roofs and I have not seen that type of houses in Sweden where I come from. A big difference is your choice of colo(u)r for your buildings being white while old houses here are almost always red.
Thumbs up for this site. The whole abandoned towns scares the creeps out of me but at the same time very intriguing.