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History · Gates Township

52% of Gates Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1931 on.

0on the National Register
52%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Gates 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 Gates Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Gates Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gates Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Gates Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 43 to 50 (+16%).

Timeline

Gates Township, 1907 to 1931

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1907Post officeThe Divide post office opens
  3. 1910Post officeThe Divide post office closes
  4. 1931On 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

Gates Township on the map, 1931 to 1986

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

Gates Township on the 1931 USGS mapGates Township on the 1950 USGS mapGates Township on the 1975 USGS mapGates Township on the 1986 USGS map1931Oberon sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Gates Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Divide
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Gates Township
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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.

Rock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBush TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrandfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNew Rockford 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.