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History · Harvey Township

The history of Harvey Township

Below: 12 old photos and papers, maps from 1967 on, and the census since 1910.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
12old photos & papers
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From Harvey Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Harvey Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Boom and bustPeaked at 2,527 in 1980; 1,650 people lived here in 2020.A town in old photos12 old photos, postcards and papers.
★ What stands out · People over time

Harvey Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,500192019401960198020002020Peak: 2,527

Peaked at 2,527 in 1980; 1,650 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

By decade

Harvey Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s12 items
North Main Street1909North Main StreetMain Street, looking north1909Main Street, looking northViaduct1909ViaductPump station1909Pump stationCity park1909City parkHigh School1909High SchoolHigh School1909High SchoolSoo Depot1909Soo DepotCooke Hotel1909Cooke HotelMain Street1909Main StreetSheyenne River Dam1909Sheyenne River DamSheyenne River Bridge1909Sheyenne River Bridge
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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The story so far

Harvey Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 32 to 26 (-19%).

Timeline

Harvey Township, 1889 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Stilwell post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1909In the archiveNorth Main Street
  5. 1920Post officeThe Stilwell post office closes
  6. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 2,527
On the map

Harvey Township on the map, 1967 to 1983

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

Harvey Township on the 1967 USGS mapHarvey Township on the 1983 USGS map1967Langdon East 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 Harvey Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

North Main Street
Retake this viewNorth Main Street, 1909

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Harvey Township’s page.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

1cemetery inside Harvey Township
Harvey

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Help out

Finish Harvey Township’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewNorth Main Street: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Loam TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Hope TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLangdon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townManilla TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Harvey Township’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Library of Congress (12), 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.