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History · Belford Township

30% of Belford Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1904 on.

0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Belford 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 Belford Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19044 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1998. Watch Belford Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Belford Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Belford Township on the map, 1904 to 1998

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

Belford Township on the 1904 USGS mapBelford Township on the 1964 USGS mapBelford Township on the 1985 USGS mapBelford Township on the 1998 USGS map1904Wahpeton sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story so far

Belford Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 122 to 95 (-22%).

Timeline

Belford Township, 1881 to 1904

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Woiwode post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Woiwode post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1904On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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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Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Bayne
Gone or out of use
Woiwodelocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Belford Township
CalvarySaint Johns

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.

Liberty Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrightwood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrandenburg TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBarney 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.