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History · Michigan Township

11% of Michigan Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 5 old photos and papers and maps from 1971 on.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
5old photos & papers
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From Michigan Township’s archive · credits on each photo
The story so far

Michigan Township, in brief

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

Michigan Township is a township in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 128 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 139 to 128 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Michigan Township, 1937 to 1971

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1937In the archiveDrug store. Michigan, North Dakota
  3. 1940In the archiveMichigan, North Dakota
  4. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Michigan Township, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1930s to the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s–1940s5 items
Drug store. Michigan, North Dakota1937Drug store. Michigan, North DakotaMain street. Michigan, North Dakota1937Main street. Michigan, North DakotaOld building. Michigan, North Dakota1937Old building. Michigan, North DakotaWater tower, elevator and railroad station. Michigan, North Dakota1937Water tower, elevator and railroad station. Michigan,…Michigan, North Dakota1940Michigan, North Dakota
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

Michigan Township on the map, 1971 to 1985

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

Michigan Township on the 1971 USGS mapMichigan Township on the 1985 USGS map1971Buxton NW 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 Michigan 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.

Drug store. Michigan, North Dakota
Retake this viewDrug store. Michigan, North Dakota, 1937

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

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Michigan Township

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

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Greg BrockmanAmerican entrepreneur, investor, and software d… · b. 1987
Lute OlsonBasketball player and coach · b. 1934
Kermit Edward ByeUnited States federal judge · b. 1937
Ben JacobsonAmerican basketball coach · b. 1970
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Richard HolmanAmerican politician · b. 1943
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Dean KnudsonAmerican politician · b. 1961
Help out

Finish Michigan 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
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewDrug store. Michigan, North Dakota: 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.

Allendale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townReynoldsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAmericus TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Michigan Township’s history

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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) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.