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History · Adrian Township

Adrian Township’s post office opened in 1887, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1896 on.

1887first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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How Adrian Township began

When was Adrian Township founded?

1887

The Adrian Township post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Adrian (1887), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 113139 years
Founding year: the first Adrian Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Adrian 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 Adrian Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18963 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1986. Watch Adrian Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Adrian Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Adrian Township on the map, 1896 to 1986

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

Adrian Township on the 1896 USGS mapAdrian Township on the 1953 USGS mapAdrian Township on the 1986 USGS map1896Jamestown sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story so far

Adrian Township, in brief

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

Adrian Township is a township in LaMoure County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. Its population at the 2020 U.S. census was 113. Its population at the 2010 U.S. census was 99, and in 2000 was 110.

Its first post office opened in 1887. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 99 to 113 (+14%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Adrian Township, 1887 to 1984

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Adrian post office opens
  3. 1896On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1984Post officeThe Adrian post office closes
By decade

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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Famous people

Famous people close to Adrian Township

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

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Sidney GilliatBritish film director, producer and screenwriter · b. 1908
Milton YoungAmerican politician · b. 1897
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John BerkeyAmerican artist · b. 1932
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Vernon R. LaningAmerican politician · b. 1948
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Paul SheeksAmerican football player and coach · b. 1889
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Tim MathernAmerican politician · b. 1950
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Adrian
1cemetery inside Adrian Township
Adrian

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.

Russell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKennison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSaratoga TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townManns TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMontpelier TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Adrian Township’s history

What year was Adrian Township founded?

The Adrian Township post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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.