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History · Bergen Township

62% of Bergen Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 1930.

0on the National Register
62%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bergen 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 Bergen Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Bergen Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Bergen Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bergen Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Bergen Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bergen 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 39 to 37 (-5%).

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bue
1882–1907
Ottofy
1883–1907
18801950today
Gone or out of use
BuelocaleOttofylocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bergen Township
Saint JohnsSheyenne

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Timeline

Bergen 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 Bue post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Ottofy post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1907Post officeThe Bue post office closes
  6. 1907Post officeThe Ottofy post office closes
  7. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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

Bergen Township on the map, 1961 to 1985

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

Bergen Township on the 1961 USGS mapBergen Township on the 1985 USGS map1961Binford NE 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 Bergen Township.

People over time

Bergen Township, census by census

010019401960198020002020Peak: 98

Between 7 and 98 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Nesheim Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOsago TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townForde TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRosendal TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWillow TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHamlin 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.