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Below: 9 old photos and papers, maps from 1983 on, and the census since 1910.
Ambrose Township dates its founding to 1906 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1910.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
From Wikipedia’s history of Ambrose Township.
Ambrose was laid out in 1906 on the Soo Railway. The city was named in honor of a railroad worker. A post office has been in operation at Ambrose since 1906.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peaked at 389 in 1920; 24 people lived here in 2020.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Ambrose Township’s Wikipedia page.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archiveCounty Division Convention - Ambrose, N.D., March 18th, 1910
In the archiveAmbrose ND border station 1932
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey2 decades in the archive, from the 1910s to the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1910County Division Convention - Ambrose, N.D., March 18t…1932Ambrose ND border station 1932
1937Abandoned house near Ambrose, North Dakota
1937Abandoned house near Ambrose, North Dakota
1937House of Bakke farm. Ambrose, North Dakota
1937The Bakke family, farmers near Ambrose, North Dakota
1937Barn on Bakke farm near Ambrose, North Dakota
1937Mrs. Baker, wife of farmer, kneading dough near Ambro…
1937One of the Bakke children in living room of farm hous…The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ambrose Township.
1983Colgan East sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ambrose Township.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Ambrose Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1906, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1910 counted 320 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (4), the Library of Congress (8), 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.
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