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History · Eagle Township

43% of Eagle Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1895 on.

0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Eagle 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 Eagle Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18953 editions of the USGS map, 1895 to 1985. Watch Eagle Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Eagle Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Eagle Township’s homes were built before 1947.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eagle Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Eagle Township on the map, 1895 to 1985

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

Eagle Township on the 1895 USGS mapEagle Township on the 1959 USGS mapEagle Township on the 1985 USGS map1895Fargo 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 Eagle Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Sperry
1892–1913
Enloe
1913–1923
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EnloeLithia
Gone or out of use
Flying-N-Ranch Airportairport
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Eagle Township
ChristineEagleHemnesPioneerRichlandRichland Lutheran ChurchSchmitt

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

The story so far

Eagle Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 252 to 227 (-10%).

Timeline

Eagle Township, 1892 to 1923

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Sperry post office opens
  3. 1895On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1913Post officeThe Sperry post office closes
  6. 1913Post officeThe Enloe post office opens
  7. 1923Post officeThe Enloe post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Colfax TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWalcott TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAbercrombie Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasant 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.