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History · Ball Hill Township

90% of Ball Hill Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 1890.

0on the National Register
90%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Ball Hill Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ball Hill Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Ball Hill Township’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 276 in 1920; 55 people lived here in 2010.
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The story so far

Ball Hill Township, in brief

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

Ball Hill Township is a township in Griggs County, North Dakota, United States.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 55 to 75 (+36%).

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

People over time

Ball Hill Township, census by census

0100200300190019201940196019802000Peak: 276

Peaked at 276 in 1920; 55 people lived here in 2010.

13 censuses, 1890–2010.

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

Timeline

Ball Hill Township, 1882 to 1961

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Montclair post office opens
  3. 1886Post officeThe Montclair post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 276
  6. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Ball Hill Township on the map, 1961 to 1985

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

Ball Hill Township on the 1961 USGS mapBall Hill Township on the 1985 USGS map1961Hannaford 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 Ball Hill Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Ball Hill Township

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

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Thomas Ryum AmlieAmerican politician · b. 1897
Einar Maynard GundersonCanadian politician · b. 1900
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John Holmes DingleAmerican physician · b. 1908
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Erling PlatouAmerican basketball player and pediatrician · b. 1896
Floyd StrommeAmerican baseball player · b. 1916
Robert T. HardenAmerican politician · b. 1960
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Shepard
Gone or out of use
Montclairlocale

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.

Helena TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCooperstown Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreenfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSverdrup 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.