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History · Litchville Township

Litchville Township dates to 1900

Most of Litchville Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. Below: maps from 1897 on and the census since 1910.

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How Litchville Township began

When was Litchville Township founded?

1900

Litchville Township dates its founding to 1900 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1910.

First census: 484 in 19102020 census: 33126 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year.

What stands out about Litchville 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 Litchville 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 Litchville Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Litchville Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Litchville Township on the map, 1897 to 1986

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

Litchville Township on the 1897 USGS mapLitchville Township on the 1970 USGS mapLitchville 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 Litchville Township.

The story so far

Litchville Township, in brief

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

Litchville is a city in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 169 at the 2020 census. Litchville was founded in 1900.

Litchville Township was established in 1900. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 49 to 33 (-33%).

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

By decade

Litchville Township, decade by decade

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People over time

Litchville Township, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 528

Between 169 and 528 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBlack Loam TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorthland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Litchville Township’s history

What year was Litchville Township founded?

In 1900, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1910 counted 484 people here.

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 Wikimedia Commons (11), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.