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History · Sikes Township

Half of Sikes Township’s homes were built after 2001

Most of Sikes Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: maps from 1953 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Sikes 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 Sikes Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Sikes Township, in brief

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

Sikes Township is a civil township in Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 87 to 97 (+11%).

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

Timeline

Sikes Township, 1904 to 1986

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1904Post officeThe Belden post office opens
  3. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1986Post officeThe Belden post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings 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

Sikes Township on the map, 1953 to 1981

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

Sikes Township on the 1953 USGS mapSikes Township on the 1974 USGS mapSikes Township on the 1981 USGS map1953Williston sheet · 1:250,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sikes Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Belden
Gone or out of use
Belden Fieldairport
1cemetery inside Sikes Township
Belden Finnish

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.

Crane Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPurcell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrookbank TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAustin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWayzetta 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.