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History · Golden Township

15% of Golden Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1963 on.

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Golden 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 Golden Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Golden Township, in brief

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

Golden Township is a township in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States. 56.4% (57) of the population are male, and the other 43.6% (44) are female.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 101 to 73 (-28%).

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

Timeline

Golden Township, 1880 to 1963

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Garfield post office opens
  3. 1886Post officeThe Garfield post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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On the map

Golden Township on the map, 1963 to 1985

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

Golden Township on the 1963 USGS mapGolden Township on the 1985 USGS map1963Edinburg 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 Golden Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Golden Township

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

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Neil LevangAmerican musician · b. 1932
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Herm WitasekAmerican basketball player · b. 1913
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Lloyd OmdahlAmerican politician from North Dakota · b. 1931
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Paul ThorlaksonCanadian physician · b. 1895
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Roland FlintAmerican writer and academic · b. 1934
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Pleasant Valley
Gone or out of use
Garfieldlocale
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Golden Township
German LutheranGoldenOld Garfield

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.

Kensington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLampton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVesta TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDundee 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.