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History · Pleasant Township

Half of Pleasant Township’s homes were built after 2006

Most of Pleasant Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2006.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Pleasant Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Pleasant Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Pleasant Township, in brief

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

Pleasant Township is a township in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 367 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Hickson is located in Pleasant Township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 468 to 367 (-22%).

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to Pleasant Township

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

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Jake HagerFormer american professional wrestler and mixed… · b. 1982
Bobby VeeAmerican singer · b. 1943
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William H. GassAmerican fiction writer, critic, philosophy pro… · b. 1924
CariDee EnglishAmerican model · b. 1984
Dalton KnechtAmerican basketball player · b. 2001
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Daniel ChongAmerican filmmaker · b. 1978
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Hickson, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Hickson
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pleasant Township
Lower Wild Rice and Red RiverNorth Pleasant

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

OxbowIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStanley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHoraceIts storyC−Fargo30 historic placesBNormanna TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEagle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.