Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Denbigh Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Denbigh Township

Denbigh Township’s post office opened in 1900

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1949 on.

1900first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Denbigh Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Denbigh Township began

When was Denbigh Township founded?

1900

The Denbigh Township post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Denbigh (1900), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 59126 years
Founding year: the first Denbigh Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Denbigh 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Denbigh Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Denbigh Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewPrivies at school for boys and girls. D…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Denbigh Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Denbigh Township.

Read it all →

A post office was established in 1900 and remained in operation until 1988.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Denbigh Township, 1900 to 1988

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900Post officeThe Denbigh post office opens
  3. 1937In the archivePrivies at school for boys and girls. Denbigh, North Dakota
  4. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1988Post officeThe Denbigh post office closes
By decade

Denbigh Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s1 item
Privies at school for boys and girls. Denbigh, North Dakota1937Privies at school for boys and girls. Denbigh, North …
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today9 recent
Denbigh, North Dakota2008Denbigh, North DakotaDenbigh, North Dakota2008Denbigh, North DakotaDenbigh, North Dakota2008Denbigh, North DakotaDenbigh, North Dakota2008Denbigh, North DakotaDenbigh, North Dakota2008Denbigh, North DakotaDenbigh, North Dakota2008Denbigh, North DakotaDenbigh, North Dakota2008Denbigh, North DakotaDenbigh, North Dakota2008Denbigh, North DakotaDenbigh, North Dakota2008Denbigh, North Dakota
On the map

Denbigh Township on the map, 1949 to 1981

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

Denbigh Township on the 1949 USGS mapDenbigh Township on the 1950 USGS mapDenbigh Township on the 1981 USGS map1949Denbigh 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 Denbigh Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Privies at school for boys and girls. Denbigh, North Dakota
Retake this viewPrivies at school for boys and girls. Denbigh, North Dakota, 1937

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Denbigh Township’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Denbigh

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.

Newport TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRiga TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWagar TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Denbigh Township’s history

What year was Denbigh Township founded?

The Denbigh Township post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
Start a conversation
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 Library of Congress (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.