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History · Battleview Township

Battleview Township’s post office opened in 1908, and 69% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1978 on.

1908first post office
0on the National Register
69%homes built before 1940
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How Battleview Township began

When was Battleview Township founded?

1908

The Battleview Township post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Battleview (1908), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 112118 years
Founding year: the first Battleview Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Battleview 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 Battleview Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Battleview Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Battleview Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Battleview Township, in brief

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

Battleview is a township and settlement in Burke County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 79 as of the 2010 census, and 86 as of the 2000 census. The total area of the township is 35.79 square miles, of which 35.48 square miles, or 99.4%, is land and 0.31 square miles, or 0.6%, is water.

Its first post office opened in 1908. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 80 to 112 (+40%).

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

Timeline

Battleview Township, 1908 to 1989

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1908Post officeThe Battleview post office opens
  3. 1978On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1989Post officeThe Battleview post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Battleview Township on the map, 1978 to 1982

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

Battleview Township on the 1978 USGS mapBattleview Township on the 1982 USGS map1978Battleview 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 Battleview Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Battleview
Gone or out of use
North Tioga Gas Plantoilfield
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Battleview Township
BethelOld Bethel

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.

Thorson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSauk Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBicker TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townColville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Battleview Township’s history

What year was Battleview Township founded?

The Battleview Township post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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.