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History · Burt Township

100% of Burt Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1928 on.

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Where Burt Township’s name came from

How did Burt Township get its name?

Burt Township was named after John Drady, the town's postmaster, who settled from Moorhead, Minnesota.

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What stands out about Burt Township’s past

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The story

How Burt Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Burt Township.

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A settlement called Drady existed within the township until its post office closed in 1934. It was named after John Drady, the town's postmaster, who settled from Moorhead, Minnesota.

The settlement of Caithness also existed until its post office closed in 1903.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Burt Township, 1906 to 1934

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1906Post officeThe Drady post office opens
  3. 1928On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1934Post officeThe Drady post office closes
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On the map

Burt Township on the map, 1928 to 1979

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

Burt Township on the 1928 USGS mapBurt Township on the 1948 USGS mapBurt Township on the 1979 USGS map1928Minot sheet · 1:62,500

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Drady
1cemetery inside Burt Township
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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.

Afton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRolling Green TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBurlington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTorning TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVang 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 Wikipedia, 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.