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History · Ferry Township

33% of Ferry Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1973 on.

0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Ferry 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 Ferry Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Ferry Township’s homes were built before 1962.
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The story so far

Ferry Township, in brief

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

Ferry Township is a township in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 345 at the 2020 census. The township borders Minnesota to its east.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 359 to 345 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Ferry Township, 1877 to 1973

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Post officeThe Turtle River post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902Post officeThe Turtle River post office closes
  5. 1973On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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On the map

Ferry Township on the map, 1973 to 1985

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

Ferry Township on the 1973 USGS mapFerry Township on the 1985 USGS map1973Manvel 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 Ferry Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Ferry Township

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

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James RosenquistAmerican artist · b. 1933
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Alan RitchsonAmerican actor · b. 1982
Lynn AndersonAmerican country music singer · b. 1947
Doug McDermottAmerican basketball player · b. 1992
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Mancur OlsonAmerican economist · b. 1932
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Nicole LinkletterAmerican model · b. 1985
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Turtle Riverlocale
1cemetery inside Ferry Township
Saint Timothy

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.

Rye TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTurtle River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLakeville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFalconer 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.