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History · Gwinner

Gwinner dates to 1900

Most of Gwinner was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1962 on and the census since 1950.

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How Gwinner began

When was Gwinner founded?

1900

Gwinner dates its founding to 1900 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1950.

First census: 197 in 19502020 census: 924126 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1901.

What stands out about Gwinner’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 Gwinner are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gwinner’s history is told.

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The story so far

Gwinner, in brief

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

Gwinner is a city in Sargent County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 924 at the 2020 census. Gwinner was founded in 1900.

Gwinner was established in 1900. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 753 to 924 (+23%).

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

Timeline

Gwinner, 1900 to 1962

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900
    FoundingGwinner is established
  3. 1901Post officeThe Gwinner post office opens
  4. 1962On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Gwinner, decade by decade

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On the map

Gwinner on the map, 1962 to 1986

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

Gwinner on the 1962 USGS mapGwinner on the 1979 USGS mapGwinner on the 1986 USGS map1962Gwinner 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 Gwinner.

People over time

Gwinner, census by census

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Grew from 197 people in 1950 to 924 in 2020, 4 times over.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Gwinner’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Whitestone Hill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Gwinner’s history

What year was Gwinner founded?

In 1900, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Gwinner’s post office opened in 1901, and the census of 1950 counted 197 people here.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (13), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.