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History · Lake Williams Township

Lake Williams Township’s post office opened in 1916

Most of Lake Williams Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1959. Below: maps from 1972 on.

1916first post office
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Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quick answers

How Lake Williams Township began

When was Lake Williams Township founded?

1916

The Lake Williams Township post office opened in 1916, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Lake Williams (1916), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 24110 years
Founding year: the first Lake Williams Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lake Williams 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 Lake Williams Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Lake Williams Township’s homes were built before 1959.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lake Williams Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Lake Williams Township, in brief

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

Lake Williams is an unincorporated community in Kidder County, North Dakota, United States. Lake Williams is located on the north shore of Lake Williams near North Dakota Highway 36, 4.6 miles (7.4 km) west-northwest of Pettibone.

Its first post office opened in 1916. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 22 to 24 (+9%).

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

Timeline

Lake Williams Township, 1916 to 1972

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1916Post officeThe Lake Williams post office opens
  3. 1971Post officeThe Lake Williams post office closes
  4. 1972On 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

Lake Williams Township on the map, 1972 to 1994

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

Lake Williams Township on the 1972 USGS mapLake Williams Township on the 1986 USGS mapLake Williams Township on the 1994 USGS map1972Kunkel Lake 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 Lake Williams Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Lake Williams
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lake Williams Township
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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.

Frettim TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPettibone TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBuckeye TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRobinson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMerkel TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lake Williams Township’s history

What year was Lake Williams Township founded?

The Lake Williams Township post office opened in 1916, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.