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History · Carpio

Carpio’s post office opened in 1898, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 1910.

1898first post office
0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0
Quick answers

How Carpio began

When was Carpio founded?

1898

The Carpio post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 257 in 19102020 census: 144128 years
Founding year: the first Carpio post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Carpio’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 Carpio are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 344 in 1930; 144 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Carpio’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Carpio, census by census

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Peaked at 344 in 1930; 144 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Carpio, in brief

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

Carpio is a city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 144 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Minot Micropolitan Statistical Area. Carpio was founded in 1898. It is commonly believed that the town was named after the first post office which operated out of a railcar - hence 'Car P.O.'.

Its first post office opened in 1898. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 157 to 144 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Carpio, 1898 to 1949

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Carpio post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 344
  5. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Carpio, decade by decade

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On the map

Carpio on the map, 1949 to 1979

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

Carpio on the 1949 USGS mapCarpio on the 1979 USGS map1949Carpio 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 Carpio.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Carpio TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMayland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Carpio’s history

What year was Carpio founded?

The Carpio post office opened in 1898, 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 Wikimedia Commons (11), 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.