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Glenfield Community Center - Glenfield, North Dakota 10-14-2008Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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History · Glenfield Township

Glenfield Township dates to 1912, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

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12%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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How Glenfield Township began

When was Glenfield Township founded?

1912

Glenfield Township dates its founding to 1912 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree).

2020 census: 73114 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year.
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Rolling Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKingsley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcHenry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEastman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Glenfield Township’s history

What year was Glenfield Township founded?

In 1912, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town.

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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 the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.