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History · Alex Township

Half of Alex Township’s homes were built after 2014

Most of Alex Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2014. Below: maps from 1953 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Alex 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 Alex Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Alex Township, in brief

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

Alex Township is a township in McKenzie County, North Dakota. The population is 58.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 58 to 268 (+362%).

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

Timeline

Alex Township, 1914 to 1972

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1914Post officeThe Rawson post office opens
  3. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1972Post officeThe Rawson post office closes
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On the map

Alex Township on the map, 1953 to 1972

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

Alex Township on the 1953 USGS mapAlex Township on the 1967 USGS mapAlex Township on the 1972 USGS map1953Watford City sheet · 1:250,000

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Rawson
1cemetery inside Alex Township
Rawson

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.

Randolph TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAntelope Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlexanderIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townArnegard 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.