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History · Antler Township

Antler Township dates to 1898

Most of Antler Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1950 on, and the census since 1910.

1898founded
0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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How Antler Township began

When was Antler Township founded?

1898

Antler Township dates its founding to 1898 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1910.

First census: 342 in 19102020 census: 68128 years
Founding year: Wikipedia.The full story ↓

What stands out about Antler 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 writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Antler Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old view1911 Antler, North Dakota tornado: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Antler Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Antler Township.

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Antler was established as a rural post office base in 1898. The developed town moved to its present location in 1902 to be closer to the Great Northern Railway to the south. The town was formally platted and founded in 1905, and reached a population of 342 by the 1910 census. In 1911 Antler was the site of a system of tornadoes that killed ten people, making it the third deadliest tornado in North Dakota's recorded history.

Antler's population declined to 101 by the 1980 Census, and just 47 as of the 2000 census.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Antler Township, 1898 to 1950

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898
    FoundingAntler Township is established
  3. 20th century
  4. 1911In the archive1911 Antler, North Dakota tornado
  5. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Antler Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s2 items
1911 Antler, North Dakota tornado19111911 Antler, North Dakota tornadoTornado at Antler, N.D., Aug. 20, 19111911Tornado at Antler, N.D., Aug. 20, 1911
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today4 recent
Antler, North Dakota - P52213362008Antler, North Dakota - P5221336Antler, North Dakota2008Antler, North DakotaAntler, North Dakota2008Antler, North DakotaAntler North Dakota Border Station2007Antler North Dakota Border Station
On the map

Antler Township on the map, 1950 to 1971

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

Antler Township on the 1950 USGS mapAntler Township on the 1971 USGS map1950Antler 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 Antler Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

1911 Antler, North Dakota tornado
Retake this view1911 Antler, North Dakota tornado, 1911

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People over time

Antler Township, census by census

0100200300192019401960198020002020Peak: 342

Between 22 and 342 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Wayne TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWheaton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSherman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Antler Township’s history

What year was Antler Township founded?

In 1898, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1910 counted 342 people here.

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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 (5), the Library of Congress (1), 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.