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History · Lone Tree Township

16% of Lone Tree Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 5 old photos and papers and maps from 1980 on.

0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
5old photos & papers
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From Lone Tree Township’s archive · credits on each photo
The story so far

Lone Tree Township, in brief

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

Lone Tree Township is a township in Golden Valley County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 146 at the 2020 census. The city of Golva is entirely surrounded by Lone Tree Township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 126 to 146 (+16%).

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

Timeline

Lone Tree Township, 1905 to 1980

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1905Post officeThe Burkey post office opens
  3. 1916Post officeThe Burkey post office closes
  4. 1941In the archivePost office and general store. Lone Tree, North Dakota
  5. 1980On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Lone Tree Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s5 items
Post office and general store. Lone Tree, North Dakota1941Post office and general store. Lone Tree, North DakotaHotel on main street of town. Lone Tree, North Dakota1941Hotel on main street of town. Lone Tree, North DakotaGrain storage elevators and highway through Lone Tree, North Dakota1941Grain storage elevators and highway through Lone Tree…Hotel on main street of town. Lone Tree, North Dakota1941Hotel on main street of town. Lone Tree, North DakotaGrain storage elevators and highway through Lone Tree, North Dakota1941Grain storage elevators and highway through Lone Tree…
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings 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

Lone Tree Township on the map, 1980 to 1997

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

Lone Tree Township on the 1980 USGS mapLone Tree Township on the 1997 USGS map1980Golva 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 Lone Tree Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Post office and general store. Lone Tree, North Dakota
Retake this viewPost office and general store. Lone Tree, North Dakota, 1941

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Lone Tree Township’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Lone Tree Township

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

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Irene LentzAmerican costume designer · b. 1900
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Bill BowmanAmerican politician · b. 1946
Jack WestropeAmerican jockey · b. 1918
Shann SchillingerPlayer of American football · b. 1986
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Red HardyAmerican baseball player · b. 1923
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Isidore Charles NolletCanadian politician · b. 1898
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Ekre
Gone or out of use
Finneman Private Fieldairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lone Tree Township
BurkeySaint Marys

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

Help out

Finish Lone Tree Township’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewPost office and general store. Lone Tre…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Beach TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBullion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lone Tree Township’s history

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 the Library of Congress (5), 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.