Melvin Township has yet to put a famous person on the list
Famous people are on record for 130 of the towns in North Dakota. Fargo has the most of any town in North Dakota: 91. After Fargo, the next longest list in North Dakota is Minot’s, with 50.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Melvin Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Melvin Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Melvin Township and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.