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History · Falsen Township

Falsen Township’s post office opened in 1913, and 47% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1949 on.

1913first post office
0on the National Register
47%homes built before 1940
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How Falsen Township began

When was Falsen Township founded?

1913

The Falsen Township post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Falsen (1913), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 27113 years
Founding year: the first Falsen Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Falsen Township’s past

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

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The story

How Falsen Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Falsen Township.

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The community was first known as Falsen, founded in 1912 by Norwegian settlers, who named it for Norwegian statesman Christian Magnus Falsen. Falsen was also the name of the station on the Great Northern Railway. The post office was established with the name Falsen in 1913, but the name was changed in 1925 to honor Pierre de la Verendrye, an early French-Canadian explorer who was said to be the first non-Native American person to tour the North Dakota prairies. The population of Falsen in 1920 was 75. The population of Verendrye in 1938 was 100. When the railroad switched to diesel locomotives, regular stops by steam trains at Verendrye for water and coal were no longer needed, beginning Verendrye's decline. The post office closed in 1965, with mail being redirected to Bergen. The last residents moved away in 1970, and a farm now occupies the townsite; the facade of the abandoned Falsen…

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Timeline

Falsen Township, 1913 to 1949

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1913Post officeThe Falsen post office opens
  3. 1925Post officeThe Falsen post office closes
  4. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Falsen Township, decade by decade

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On the map

Falsen Township on the map, 1949 to 1980

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

Falsen Township on the 1949 USGS mapFalsen Township on the 1980 USGS map1949Karlsruhe NW 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 Falsen Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Verendrye
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Falsen Township
Saint JohnTrinityVerendrye

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.

Villard Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHendrickson Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRose Hill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake Hester TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Falsen Township’s history

What year was Falsen Township founded?

The Falsen Township post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (18), 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.