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Crystal Springs, North Dakota (3500146348) (2)Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History · Crystal Springs Township

Crystal Springs Township’s post office opened in 1884, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Crystal Springs Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Its Register listing is the Crystal Springs Fountain. Below: maps from 1952 on.

1884first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Crystal Springs Township began

When was Crystal Springs Township founded?

1884

The Crystal Springs Township post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Crystal Springs (1884), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 48142 years
Founding year: the first Crystal Springs Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Crystal Springs 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 Crystal Springs Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crystal Springs Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Crystal Springs Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Crystal Springs Township.

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A post office called Crystal Springs was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1993. The community took its name from nearby Crystal Springs Lakes. The population was 50 in 1940.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Crystal Springs Township, 1884 to 1993

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Crystal Springs post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1935BuiltCrystal Springs Fountain is built
  5. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1993Post officeThe Crystal Springs post office closes
By decade

Crystal Springs Township, decade by decade

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On the map

Crystal Springs Township on the map, 1952 to 1985

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

Crystal Springs Township on the 1952 USGS mapCrystal Springs Township on the 1985 USGS map1952Tappen SE 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 Crystal Springs Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Crystal Springs Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2010
Crystal Springs Fountain
Crystal Springs Fountain, built 1935
Objects

Architectural styles listings

Late Gothic Revival1
Picturesque1
WPA Rustic1
Crystal Springs FountainLate Gothic Revival · Built 1935

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Crystal Springs Township

Nobody well known was born in Crystal Springs Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Fred KirschenmannAmerican agriculturalist · b. 1935
Jon WanzekAmerican businessman · b. 1964
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Willard PummelAmerican politician · b. 1926
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Crystal SpringsLadoga
1cemetery inside Crystal Springs Township
Crystal Springs

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.

St. Paul TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTappen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWilliams TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTanner TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Crystal Springs Township’s history

What year was Crystal Springs Township founded?

The Crystal Springs Township post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Crystal Springs Township?

One place: the Crystal Springs Fountain (listed 2010).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (9), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.