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History · Agnes Township

59% of Agnes Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 1890.

0on the National Register
59%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Agnes Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Agnes Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Agnes Township’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 432 in 1920; 66 people lived here in 2020.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Agnes Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The story so far

Agnes Township, in brief

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

Agnes Township is a township in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. It has 66 people and an estimated 12 households. The unincorporated community of Orr is located within the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 72 to 66 (-8%).

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

People over time

Agnes Township, census by census

01002003004001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 432

Peaked at 432 in 1920; 66 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

Timeline

Agnes Township, 1880 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Pilot post office opens
  3. 1885Post officeThe Orr post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 432
  6. 1939Post officeThe Pilot post office closes
  7. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1972Post officeThe Orr post office closes
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On the map

Agnes Township on the map, 1963 to 1985

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

Agnes Township on the 1963 USGS mapAgnes Township on the 1985 USGS map1963Orr 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 Agnes Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Agnes Township

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

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Clint HillU.S. Secret Service agent · b. 1932
LeRoy MasonAmerican film actor · b. 1903
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Lloyd OmdahlAmerican politician from North Dakota · b. 1931
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Truck HannahAmerican baseball player · b. 1889
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John D. McKenzieCanadian politician · b. 1889
Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Pilot
1880–1939
Orr
1885–1972
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Orr
Gone or out of use
Janice FieldairportPilotlocale
1cemetery inside Agnes Township
Elk Valley Lutheran Church

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.

Wheatfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElm Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPlymouth TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townInkster TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNiagara 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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.