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History · Everest Township

Everest Township’s post office opened in 1882, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 6 old photos and papers, maps from 1895 on, and the census since 1890.

1882first post office
0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
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From Everest Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Everest Township began

When was Everest Township founded?

1882

The Everest Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Everest (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 200 in 18902020 census: 99144 years
Founding year: the first Everest Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Everest Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

On the map since 18953 editions of the USGS map, 1895 to 1986. Watch Everest Township change.
★ What stands out · On the map

Everest Township on the map, 1895 to 1986

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

Everest Township on the 1895 USGS mapEverest Township on the 1961 USGS mapEverest Township on the 1986 USGS map1895Casselton 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 Everest Township.

The story

How Everest Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Everest Township.

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Everest began as a railroad station on the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway (also known as the Great Northern Railway). In August 1880, the Casselton Branch Railroad Company (CB) was incorporated by the Northern Pacific Railway (NP). Construction began on a railroad line joining the Northern Pacific's railroad in Cass County with a station in Traill County.

ChaptersEarly yearsEarly twentieth centuryLate twentieth century

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Everest Township, 1882 to 1908

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Everest post office opens
  3. 1886In the archiveEverest, North Dakota 1886 fire
  4. 1893In the archiveEverest, North Dakota, plat map in 1893
  5. 1895On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1906In the archiveEverest, North Dakota, in 1906
  8. 1908Post officeThe Everest post office closes
By decade

Everest Township, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1880s to the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s–1890s5 items
Everest, North Dakota 1886 fire1886Everest, North Dakota 1886 fireEverest, North Dakota, plat map in 18931893Everest, North Dakota, plat map in 1893MapEverest, Dakota Territory, 1895 - depot, train, and elevator1895Everest, Dakota Territory, 1895 - depot, train, and e…Everest, Dakota Territory, 1895 - downtown1895Everest, Dakota Territory, 1895 - downtownEverest, Dakota Territory, 18951895Everest, Dakota Territory, 1895
1900s1 item
Everest, North Dakota, in 19061906Everest, North Dakota, in 1906
1910s–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.
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Today1 recent
Everest, North Dakota2009Everest, North Dakota
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.

Everest, North Dakota 1886 fire
Retake this viewEverest, North Dakota 1886 fire, 1886

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

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People over time

Everest Township, census by census

01002001900192019401960Peak: 213

Between 10 and 213 people in every census since 1890.

5 censuses, 1890–1960.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Everest Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Everest Township

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

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William LangerAmerican politician · b. 1886
Matt StrahmAmerican professional baseball pitcher · b. 1991
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Morgan FordUnited States Judge · b. 1911
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Andy YoungAmerican professional baseball infielder born 1… · b. 1994
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John H. LangAmerican military officer (1899–1970) ; recipie… · b. 1899
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Tyler RoehlAmerican football coaches · b. 1986
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Everest
Gone or out of use
Dittmer Airportairport

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

Help out

Finish Everest Township’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewEverest, North Dakota 1886 fire: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Casselton2 historic placesB+Durbin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCasselton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMaple River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Everest Township’s history

What year was Everest Township founded?

The Everest Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 (7), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.