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History · Goodridge Township

13% of Goodridge Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1972 on and the census since 1920.

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0

What stands out about Goodridge 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 Goodridge Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Goodridge Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Goodridge Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Goodridge Township.

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A post office called Goodridge has been in operation since 1915. The city was named for a ridge near the town site.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Goodridge Township, decade by decade

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On the map

Goodridge Township on the map in 1972

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Goodridge Township.

Goodridge Township on the 1972 USGS map1972Goodridge 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 Goodridge Township.

People over time

Goodridge Township, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 231

Between 98 and 231 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Goodridge Township’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Goodridge
1cemetery inside Goodridge Township
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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.

Cloverleaf TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoylan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHighlanding TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townReiner TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Goodridge Township’s history

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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 Wikimedia Commons (7), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.