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History · Reeder Township

Reeder Township dates to 1907, and 81% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1969 on, and the census since 1910.

1907founded
0on the National Register
81%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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From Reeder Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Reeder Township began

When was Reeder Township founded?

1907

Reeder Township dates its founding to 1907 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1910.

First census: 198 in 19102020 census: 49119 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year.The full story ↓

What stands out about Reeder 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 writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Reeder Township’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 395 in 1930; 125 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Reeder Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Reeder Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Reeder Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Reeder Township.

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In 1907, two brothers, Albert and Charles Leff, founded and operated a post office, among other enterprises, one and one-half miles east of the present town of Reeder. The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad later platted the current townsite and named it Reeder. The Leff post office was relocated to the new town March 13, 1908, and the name Leff was used until July 1, 1908.

A tornado struck the area in 1923, destroying farmhouses and causing several deaths.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

People over time

Reeder Township, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 395

Peaked at 395 in 1930; 125 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Timeline

Reeder Township, 1907 to 1969

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1907
    FoundingReeder Township is established
  3. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 395
  4. 1942In the archiveReeder, North Dakota
  5. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Reeder Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s4 items
Reeder, North Dakota1942Reeder, North DakotaReeder, North Dakota1942Reeder, North DakotaReeder, North Dakota1942Reeder, North DakotaReeder, North Dakota. Snow banks and tops of grain elevators1942Reeder, North Dakota. Snow banks and tops of grain el…
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

Reeder Township on the map, 1969 to 1980

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

Reeder Township on the 1969 USGS mapReeder Township on the 1980 USGS map1969Reeder 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 Reeder 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.

Reeder, North Dakota
Retake this viewReeder, North Dakota, 1942

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

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lightning Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGascoyne TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBucyrus TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Reeder Township’s history

What year was Reeder Township founded?

In 1907, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1910 counted 198 people here.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (4), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.