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History · Meadow Township

45% of Meadow Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane Hangar. Below: maps from 1950 on.

1on the National Register
45%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Meadow 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 Meadow Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Meadow Township’s homes were built before 1951.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Meadow Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Meadow Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 44 to 55 (+25%).

By decade

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

Meadow Township on the map, 1950 to 1980

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

Meadow Township on the 1950 USGS mapMeadow Township on the 1980 USGS map1950Upham 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 Meadow Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Meadow Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2011
Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane …
Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane Hangar
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Rounded-Arch Prefabricated Metal1
Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane HangarRounded-Arch Prefabricated Metal

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
J Clark Salyer Refuge Landing Fieldairport
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Meadow Township
Bloomfield LutheranFredericksPeace ReformedRuralWest Melankton

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.

Deep River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLayton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMouse River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStone Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTacoma TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Meadow Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Meadow Township?

One place: the Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane Hangar (listed 2011).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.