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History · Johnstown Township

Johnstown Township’s post office opened in 1880, and 48% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1926 on.

1880first post office
0on the National Register
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Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Quick answers

How Johnstown Township began

When was Johnstown Township founded?

1880

The Johnstown Township post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Johnstown (1880), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 87146 years
Founding year: the first Johnstown Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Johnstown 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 Johnstown Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Johnstown Township’s homes were built before 1951.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Johnstown Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Johnstown Township, in brief

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

Johnstown is an unincorporated community in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. It is the nearest community to the Midway Bridge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Johnstown had a post office from 1880 to 1964

Its first post office opened in 1880. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 79 to 87 (+10%).

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

Timeline

Johnstown Township, 1880 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Johnstown post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1926On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1964Post officeThe Johnstown 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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On the map

Johnstown Township on the map, 1926 to 1985

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

Johnstown Township on the 1926 USGS mapJohnstown Township on the 1963 USGS mapJohnstown Township on the 1985 USGS map1926Ardoch sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Johnstown Township

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

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Howard BrandtAmerican physicist · b. 1939
John Alexander WeirAmerican-born Canadian attorney and the first D… · b. 1894
John Milton HancockAmerican Navy officer and financier · b. 1883
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Lloyd OmdahlAmerican politician from North Dakota · b. 1931
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John D. McKenzieCanadian politician · b. 1889
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John Silas LundyAmerican physician · b. 1894
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Johnstown
1cemetery inside Johnstown Township
Johnstown

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.

Strabane Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLevant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townForest River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGilby TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Johnstown Township’s history

What year was Johnstown Township founded?

The Johnstown Township post office opened in 1880, 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, 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.