Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Denhoff

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 · Denhoff

Denhoff’s post office opened in 1901, and 80% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on.

1901first post office
0on the National Register
80%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Quick answers

How Denhoff began

When was Denhoff founded?

1901

The Denhoff post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 13125 years
Founding year: the first Denhoff post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Denhoff’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 Denhoff are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Denhoff’s homes were built before 1938.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Denhoff’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Denhoff, in brief

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

Denhoff () is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in central Sheridan County, North Dakota, United States. The community was designated as part of the U.S. Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program on March 31, 2010. It was not counted separately during the 2000 Census, but was included in the 2010 Census. As of the 2020 census, Denhoff had a population of 13. It lies along North Dakota Highway 200, east of the city of McClusky, the county seat of Sheridan County. The post office no longer exists. There are no businesses left in town, and a church remains. In 2009, a seed packaging plant began operations in Denhoff as well. Historically, Denhoff functioned as…

Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 20 to 13 (-35%).

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

By decade

Denhoff, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Denhoff, North Dakota 6-14-20082008Denhoff, North Dakota 6-14-2008
On the map

Denhoff on the map, 1960 to 1979

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

Denhoff on the 1960 USGS mapDenhoff on the 1979 USGS map1960Denhoff 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 Denhoff.

Questions about Denhoff’s history

What year was Denhoff founded?

The Denhoff post office opened in 1901, 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 (1) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.