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History · Helendale Township

24% of Helendale Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1895 on.

0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Helendale 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 Helendale Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18954 editions of the USGS map, 1895 to 1998. Watch Helendale Township change.Old housesHalf of Helendale Township’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Helendale Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Helendale Township on the map, 1895 to 1998

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

Helendale Township on the 1895 USGS mapHelendale Township on the 1960 USGS mapHelendale Township on the 1986 USGS mapHelendale Township on the 1998 USGS map1895Casselton sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story so far

Helendale Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Helendale 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 104 to 94 (-10%).

Timeline

Helendale Township, 1886 to 1915

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Power post office opens
  3. 1895On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1915Post officeThe Power post office closes
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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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Power
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Helendale Township
Helendale LutheranJohnson - Vangsnes Pioneer

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.

Barrie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSheyenne TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCoburn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLeonard 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.