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History · Gill Township

Gill Township’s post office opened in 1886

Most of Gill Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1956. Below: maps from 1895 on.

1886first post office
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How Gill Township began

When was Gill Township founded?

1886

The Gill Township post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Gill (1886), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 115140 years
Founding year: the first Gill Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Gill 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 Gill 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 1986. Watch Gill Township change.Old housesHalf of Gill Township’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gill Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Gill Township on the map, 1895 to 1986

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

Gill Township on the 1895 USGS mapGill Township on the 1967 USGS mapGill 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 Gill Township.

The story so far

Gill Township, in brief

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

Gill Township is a township in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 115 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1886. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 117 in 2010, 115 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Gill Township, 1886 to 1895

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Gill post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Gill post office closes
  4. 1895On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
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Gone or out of use
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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.

Everest TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHowes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWalburg TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWheatland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Gill Township’s history

What year was Gill Township founded?

The Gill Township post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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.