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History · Page Township

Page Township dates to 1882

Most of Page Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1960. Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1910.

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How Page Township began

When was Page Township founded?

1882

Page Township dates its founding to 1882 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1910.

First census: 479 in 19102020 census: 53144 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year.

What stands out about Page 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 Page Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Page Township’s homes were built before 1960.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Page Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Page Township, in brief

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

Page is a city in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 190 at the 2020 census. Page was founded in 1882.

Page Township was established in 1882. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 52 in 2010, 53 in 2020.

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

By decade

Page Township, decade by decade

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On the map

Page Township on the map, 1967 to 1985

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

Page Township on the 1967 USGS mapPage Township on the 1985 USGS map1967Page 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 Page Township.

People over time

Page Township, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 482

Between 190 and 482 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Dows TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBroadlawn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPageIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRochester TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Page Township’s history

What year was Page Township founded?

In 1882, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1910 counted 479 people here.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (16), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.