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History · Carsonville Township

Half of Carsonville Township’s homes were built after 1991

Most of Carsonville Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1969 on.

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Where Carsonville Township’s name came from

How did Carsonville Township get its name?

Carsonville Township was named for George M. Carson, a settler who arrived in 1879.

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What stands out about Carsonville Township’s past

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

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Carsonville Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Carsonville Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Carsonville Township.

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Carsonville Township was organized in 1881. It was named for George M. Carson, a settler who arrived in 1879.

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Timeline

Carsonville Township, 1883 to 1969

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Linnell post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Ponsford post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1912Post officeThe Linnell post office closes
  6. 1969On 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

Carsonville Township on the map, 1969 to 1986

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

Carsonville Township on the 1969 USGS mapCarsonville Township on the 1986 USGS map1969Osage 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 Carsonville Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Carsonville Township

Nobody well known was born in Carsonville Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Aaron PikeAmerican wheelchair racer, biathlete and cross-… · b. 1986
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Don MonsonAmerican basketball coach · b. 1933
Sharon NelsonAmerican politician
McKenna BrandAmerican ice hockey forward · b. 1996
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Tom KadingMember of the North Dakota House of Representat… · b. 1987
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Will WeaverAmerican writer · b. 1950
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Linnell
1883–1912
Ponsford
1892–today
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Hamlets and corners on the map
Ponsford
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Linnell Post Officepost officePonsford Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Carsonville Township
LinnelSaint Paul's Lutheran

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.

Wolf Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShell Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOsage TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPine Point TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTwo Inlets 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 Wikipedia, 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.