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History · Hobart Township

Half of Hobart Township’s homes were built after 1995

Most of Hobart Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: maps from 1897 on.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hobart 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 Hobart Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18973 editions of the USGS map, 1897 to 1986. Watch Hobart Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Hobart Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hobart Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Hobart Township on the map, 1897 to 1986

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

Hobart Township on the 1897 USGS mapHobart Township on the 1961 USGS mapHobart Township on the 1986 USGS map1897Eckelson 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 Hobart Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Barnes
1884–1901
Berea
1896–1896
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BereaNobart
1cemetery inside Hobart Township
Nebo

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

The story so far

Hobart Township, in brief

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

Hobart Township is a civil township in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 149.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 111 to 140 (+26%).

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

Timeline

Hobart Township, 1884 to 1901

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Barnes post office opens
  3. 1896Post officeThe Berea post office opens
  4. 1896Post officeThe Berea post office closes
  5. 1897On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1901Post officeThe Barnes 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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Green Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townValley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPotter TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStewart TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHemen 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.