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History · Makoti

Makoti’s post office opened in 1911

Most of Makoti was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1920.

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How Makoti began

When was Makoti founded?

1911

The Makoti post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 283 in 19202020 census: 148115 years
Founding year: the first Makoti post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Makoti’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 Makoti are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Makoti’s history is told.

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The story so far

Makoti, in brief

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

Makoti is a city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 148 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Minot Micropolitan Statistical Area. Makoti was founded in 1911.

Its first post office opened in 1911. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 154 to 148 (-4%).

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

By decade

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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

Makoti on the map, 1954 to 1980

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

Makoti on the 1954 USGS mapMakoti on the 1977 USGS mapMakoti on the 1980 USGS map1954McClusky sheet · 1:250,000

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

People over time

Makoti, census by census

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Between 145 and 283 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Questions about Makoti’s history

What year was Makoti founded?

The Makoti post office opened in 1911, 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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.