Platted by Charley and Annie Ferguson on June 18, 1901, Nome came into existence with the coming of the Casselton Branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1900. The post office was established on April 25, 1901, with Charlie Hackett as the postmaster.

Martin Wilberg shipped in a carload of lignite coal, oats, corn and wool, and purchased a small shack from Even Miller, setting up the first business in Nome, with his son, Henry Wilberg, then eighteen, in charge. This took place in January, 1901, before the village was platted and before a post office was established. Later, in the Spring, E. M. Hanson and Martin Wilberg enlarged the store and lots sold like hot cakes. A large hotel, called "The Golden West" was built by Syvertson, which later burned down.

Initial growth of Nome was rapid. Organized in 1906, the Zion Lutheran Church was built in 1908. The village was incorporated on November 7, 1907 and village officers were elected on December 27,1907. That same year a newspaper, the "Nome Tribune" was founded by W. E. Johnson and purchased by P. E. Overland. The Nome Mutual Telephone Company was organized in July 1905 and reorganized as a stock company in 1913.

The first school was a one-room rural school moved into Nome in 1911 and in 1916 the public school was built.

A series of fires has spelled doom for Nome, as the buildings were not rebuilt. Good roads and automobiles have also contributed to the deterioration of the community.

In 1959 the last elevator burned down and Nome ceased to serve the farmers' needs.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 287