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History · Grass Lake Township

Grass Lake Township’s post office opened in 1892, and 67% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1979 on.

1892first post office
0on the National Register
67%homes built before 1940
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How Grass Lake Township began

When was Grass Lake Township founded?

1892

The Grass Lake Township post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Grass Lake (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 47134 years
Founding year: the first Grass Lake Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Grass Lake 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 Grass Lake Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Grass Lake Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grass Lake Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Grass Lake Township, in brief

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

Grass Lake Township is a township in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 47 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 69 to 47 (-32%).

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

Timeline

Grass Lake Township, 1892 to 1979

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Grass Lake post office opens
  3. 1893Post officeThe Grass Lake post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1979On 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

Grass Lake Township on the map in 1979

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Grass Lake Township.

Grass Lake Township on the 1979 USGS map1979Grass Lake 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 Grass Lake Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Grass Lake Township

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

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Bruce PetersonAmerican test pilot · b. 1933
Gary EminethAmerican politician · b. 1958
Homer N. WallinUnited States Navy admiral · b. 1893
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Frank FalconerCanadian politician · b. 1883
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Still
Gone or out of use
Erickson Landing Stripairport
1cemetery inside Grass Lake Township
Mission

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.

Estherville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWilson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEcklund TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Grass Lake Township’s history

What year was Grass Lake Township founded?

The Grass Lake Township post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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.