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History · Danton Township

34% of Danton Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1907 on.

0on the National Register
34%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Danton Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Danton Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Danton Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19073 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1986. Watch Danton Township change.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Fletcher
1891–1892
Moselle
1892–1900
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Moselle
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Danton Township
NulphSaint John's

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

Danton Township on the map, 1907 to 1986

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

Danton Township on the 1907 USGS mapDanton Township on the 1964 USGS mapDanton Township on the 1986 USGS map1907Wyndmere sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story so far

Danton Township, in brief

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

Danton Township is a township in Richland County, North Dakota, United States. It is home to half the town of Wyndmere, with parts of the town situated in Wyndmere Township. It is also home to the former town of Moselle. In 1883, a 72-square-mile (190 km2) called Garfield consisted of two townships, Danton and Barney. On April 28, 1893, Danton Township was organized and officially named Danton, although the homesteaders called it Danton perhaps ten years before. School houses were built in the late 1880s.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 135 to 102 (-24%).

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

Timeline

Danton Township, 1891 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Fletcher post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Fletcher post office closes
  4. 1892Post officeThe Moselle post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1900Post officeThe Moselle post office closes
  7. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

WyndmereIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWyndmere TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLiberty Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBarney 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, 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.