Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: 16 old photos and papers, maps from 1948 on, and the census since 1910.
Carrington Township dates its founding to 1882 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1910.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
3 decades in the archive, from the 1900s to the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1909Carrington High School
1909Main Street
1909Residence view
1909Public school
1909Congregational Church
1909Street scene
1909Main Street
1909Congregational Church
1909Kirkwood Hotel
1909Main Street
1909First National Bank![N.P. [Northern Pacific] Depot](https://images.townratings.com/story/29499/af72418b15634d44a882-s.jpg)
1909N.P. [Northern Pacific] Depot
1909Public park and court house![N. P. Ry. [Northern Pacific Railway] station](https://images.townratings.com/story/29499/5ab57dffc6fc7179fef4-s.jpg)
1909N. P. Ry. [Northern Pacific Railway] stationFrom Wikipedia’s history of Carrington Township.
Carrington was platted in 1882 by Miles D. Carrington and named for him. Carrington has been the county seat since 1883. A post office has been in operation at Carrington since 1883.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archiveCarrington High School
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveChief Motel statue
In the archiveChilhan Motel statueEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Carrington Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Carrington Township.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Carrington Township’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 1,217 and 2,641 people in every census since 1910.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Carrington Township’s Wikipedia page.
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1882, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1910 counted 1,217 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (4), the Library of Congress (14), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.
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