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History · Broadview Township

Half of Broadview Township’s homes were built after 1949

Most of Broadview Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1949. Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 1890.

0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Broadview Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Broadview Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 331 in 1920; 44 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Broadview Township’s homes were built before 1949.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Broadview Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Broadview Township, census by census

01002003001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 331

Peaked at 331 in 1920; 44 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

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

The story so far

Broadview Township, in brief

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

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 38 to 44 (+16%).

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

Timeline

Broadview Township, 1913 to 1961

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1913Post officeThe Karnak post office opens
  3. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 331
  4. 1954Post officeThe Karnak post office closes
  5. 1961On 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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On the map

Broadview Township on the map in 1961

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Broadview Township.

Broadview Township on the 1961 USGS map1961Karnak 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 Broadview Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Karnak

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.

Greenfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWillow Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSverdrup TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSibley Trail Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRiverside 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.