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History · Glenview Township

38% of Glenview Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1950 on.

0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Glenview Township’s past

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The story so far

Glenview Township, in brief

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Glenview Township is a township in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 220 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Wogansport as well as the western portion of Baldwin are located in Glenview Township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 216 in 2010, 220 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Glenview Township, 1882 to 1950

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Wogansport post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1915Post officeThe Wogansport post office closes
  5. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Glenview Township on the map, 1950 to 1976

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

Glenview Township on the 1950 USGS mapGlenview Township on the 1966 USGS mapGlenview Township on the 1976 USGS map1950Wilton 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 Glenview Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Glenview Township

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

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Leslie BibbAmerican actress · b. 1973
John HoevenAmerican banker and politician · b. 1957
Kent ConradAmerican politician · b. 1948
Ed Schafer29th United States Secretary of Agriculture · b. 1946
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Paula BroadwellAmerican writer, academic, and anti-terrorism p… · b. 1972
Bruce PetersonAmerican test pilot · b. 1933
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
MidwayWogansport

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.

Crofte TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPainted Woods 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.