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History · Helena Township

Helena Township’s post office opened in 1882

Below: maps from 1985 on and the census since 1890.

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How Helena Township began

When was Helena Township founded?

1882

The Helena Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Helena (1882) and Revere (1913), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 83 in 18902020 census: 36144 years
Founding year: the first Helena Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Helena 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 Helena Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 270 in 1920; 50 people lived here in 2010.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Helena Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Helena Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Helena Township, census by census

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Peaked at 270 in 1920; 50 people lived here in 2010.

13 censuses, 1890–2010.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Helena
1882–1912
Revere
1913–1955
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Revere
1cemetery inside Helena Township
Hartman

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

The story so far

Helena Township, in brief

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

Helena Township is a township in Griggs County, North Dakota, United States.

Its first post office opened in 1882. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 50 to 36 (-28%).

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

Timeline

Helena Township, 1882 to 1985

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Helena post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1912Post officeThe Helena post office closes
  5. 1913Post officeThe Revere post office opens
  6. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 270
  7. 1955Post officeThe Revere post office closes
  8. 1985On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Helena Township on the map in 1985

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Helena Township.

Helena Township on the 1985 USGS map1985Cooperstown sheet · 1:100,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Helena Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Helena Township

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

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Thomas Ryum AmlieAmerican politician · b. 1897
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Lonnie LaffenAmerican politician · b. 1958
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Ball Hill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClearfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBartley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMabel TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Helena Township’s history

What year was Helena Township founded?

The Helena Township post office opened in 1882, 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, 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.