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History · North Randall Township

The history of North Randall Township

Below: maps from 1979 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about North Randall Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of North Randall Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

North Randall Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of North Randall Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 85 to 50 (-41%).

Timeline

North Randall Township, 1892 to 1979

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Halford post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1953Post officeThe Halford post office closes
  5. 1979On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

North Randall Township on the map, 1979 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of North Randall Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

North Randall Township on the 1979 USGS mapNorth Randall Township on the 1985 USGS map1979Mingo sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of North Randall Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Another post office, Halford, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Halford

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Menlo TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorgan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLacey TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSouth Randall Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSummers TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.