Kintyre, North Dakota is a small town in Emmons County, about 45 miles southeast of Bismarck. It is an unincorporated community of perhaps 50 residents. The name, Kintyre, is a reference to the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland, derived from the clan McKintyre. Kintyre was originally called Campbell after two brothers who first farmed the area.
The concrete structure holding up the car looks like it could be a former bank vault.
The brick structure at the base of this tree also looks like it could have been a bank vault.
A pine tree lying on top of a structure.
Photos by Troy Larson and Terry Hinnenkamp, copyright Sonic Tremor Media LLC
Ghosts of North Dakota 
I was told by Leo Gross who grew up in the area that the brick buildings were used as meat locker for the local community. The post man would have a key to the locker, and they would make deliveries to area farmsteads. The photo of the large building was the grocery store.
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I feel the Kintyre is not a ghost town.We had a CASENH business there for 43 years, Now it is Titan Machinery. Plus South Center Grain has a chemical builind. Also doing great business serving the farms. You never showed what is left at Kintyre. The Implment building. 6 family homes and plus a nice brick building which is the Lutheran Church. As long as there is some life there it is not a ghost town. Once all the people are gone plus business it is a ghost town
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Adeline, we didn’t say it was a ghost town. We said it’s a small town with about 50 residents.
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My mother’s family is from here. Grew up just to the north of it. She was married there, and I personally spent many-a- christmas at the church. (do they still ring the bell?)
Miss it. thanks for sharing! Hope all lives on!
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Oh yes that bell rings yet every Sunday Morning at 11:00. Come and join us for a service someday when you are in the area, We love to see former members and their families.
The church has gotten a new metal roof and new windows in the past several years.
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Am Wendy’s sis, and yes spent many-a-CHRISTmas at the church…glad to hear Sharon on the bell, new roof & windows. Our mom was one of Reinert & Sigfrid’s daughters [Randi] and now am I rarely in the area, but will definitely keep your invitation in mind…remember seeing the old one-room school house as we drive into town, and of course the cemetery up on the hill, so to speak…last time there was from Joy’s passing…very peaceful town.
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I remember your parents very well. haven’t seen your Dad in ages either, probably at Joys funeral.
we miss seeing Rolf and Carol too.
Thanks for your response, Happy Easter,
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My great-grandparents met and married in Kintyre. They were Andrew/Antti Isaacson and Saima Heikka. Both immigrated to the US from Finland. My great-great grandmother was Lizzie Jutila, she married Adolf Isaacson Horneman before they came to the US. They dropped the Horneman and used the Isaacson patronymic for their surname. I believe Lizzie’s parents were called Samuel Jutila and Kajsa (surname unknown). I haven’t been able to go further than that. My great-grandfather Andrew committed suicide at age 41 in North Dakota. Saima married Andrew’s younger brother Richard and they moved to Brush Prairie, Washington.
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My dad’s family is from Kintyre, and still live in the area. Many, many good memories of services at the church; I miss those days! Whenever I’m in ND, I go there and visit the well-cared for cemetery and put flowers out. There are so many relatives buried there- I can’t imagine a more peaceful resting place.
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Does anyone know what the brown business building on main was?
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My dad managed that frozen food coop in the late forties. No, the mail man did not go to the locker to take out the meat for the farmers: my dad would respond to a post card received on Friday, get the packages requested, wrap all packages in one large one, address, take stamps from the farmer’s envelope and carry the packages across the street and place in the mailman’s jeep (Larson, was the mailman’s name). The postmaster came out to cancel the stamps and they were mailed. For more info about this process see the Logan County Historical Society, April, 2015.
I am seeking information about the documents which established that farmers co-op; any information would be useful.
JIS
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Hi John: I think we are related. My grandfather’s name was John Clinton Sisco. I would love to hear from you. I am studying the family’s genealogy.
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Hi, I am from Kintyre. I knew Ralph Sisco very well when he managed the Meat Locker. His parents lived on a farm east of ours. Lee and Margaret Sisco. They retired and moved to Steele, their son Bill or William took over the farm. Bill was married to Lois Nord, they had a daughter, Darla and a son Billy. They later moved to Sykeston, ND. Ken Sisco was another son of Lee and Margaret’s. Ken lived in Bismarck. My brother stayed with Lee and Margaret when he was in high school and would have some favorite stories I am sure. One thing I do remember is that their favorite food was chicken. Margaret also raised wonderful hollyhocks and we took seeds from her plants and had them in our yards also.. She also loved moss roses. They had a totem pole in their yard and I never really knew the reason for it. They raised sheep and milked lots of cows by hand.
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Hi, I am from Kintyre, ND. The Sisco family lived on a farm east of our farm.
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We must be related, I’m also from the John Clinton Sisco family.
Let’s touch base.
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John, I’m not sure if I can connect any dots for you yet. My Sisco family also owned a “Meat Locker” called “Sisco Lockers.”
I’m not sure yet, if it was in Kintyre or not..
I have some history on our Sisco name. You can connect with me on FB if you have FB.
DavidWSisco (should get me)
I have a shofar (horn) that I’m blowing on my profile.
Also in my description “keeper of the flames”
You’ll find me this way easily enough.
I believe I have a list of 8 or 9 generations back. Back to Levi Hiram Sisco (my 8th G-grandfather)
My main reason for this search today is to look up the cemetery where the Sisco clan is located.
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My Grandfather Lars Kleppe managed the grain elevator there, traded horses, and had a implement business on the side. My father Tom Kleppe was born in Kintyre, North Dakota and went on to become Secretary of The Interior in the Ford Administration. In his acceptance speech he mentioned the distance from Kintyre, ND to the East Room of the White House. I was born in Bismarck and have only been to Kintyre a few times, but it is in my spirit and heart from all the stories that were shared by my family about Kintyre!
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My name is Darrold Nord my Dad and Mom where Lloyd and Ruth we lived in Kintyre from the late 50’s to when I went in the Marine Corp in 1970. Dad was the Manager of the elevator during this time and my brother Ken who now lives in Napoleon was at one time Second Man at the elevator and I worked there after school. I never come back to visit Ken or go the cemetary in Napoleon to take care of the folks graves and my little brother Gary without going to Kintrye. I often recall my childhood and know it couldn’t have been better than the one my brothers and I enjoyed in Kintyre.
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where are you now
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My name is Evon Johnson Dewald. I remember Kinryre had very nice people living there. My Stepfather, Gedion Bauer, worked in the meat locker plant which was located in a brick building across from the grocery store and the post office . I attended first and second grade in Kinryre . My father, Gahlord Johnson, was killed in Italy during WWII.His family, Herb and Jessie Johnson, were from the Kinryre area.
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Hi this is Nathan I am Lois and bills great grand kid, we were in kintyre last year not sure where Levi siscos stone farm was, is there anything left of the siscos farm? Thanks.
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Nathan,
I would like to connect and compare notes on genealogy.
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Hey David, this is Nathan again, how are you related to the sisco family? Levi hiram sisco is hurried in kintyre, he is my 3rd great grandfather, he built the stone house north of town. You can email me at ford-crazy@live.com, thanks.
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