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History · Silvesta Township

38% of Silvesta Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1972 on.

0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Silvesta 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 Silvesta Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Silvesta Township’s homes were built before 1946.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Silvesta Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Silvesta Township, in brief

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

Silvesta Township is a township in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 38 to 31 (-18%).

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

By decade

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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

Silvesta Township on the map, 1972 to 1985

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

Silvesta Township on the 1972 USGS mapSilvesta Township on the 1985 USGS map1972Adams 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 Silvesta Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Silvesta Township

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

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Coya KnutsonAmerican politician · b. 1912
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George A. LundbergAmerican sociologist · b. 1895
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Neil LevangAmerican musician · b. 1932
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Herm WitasekAmerican basketball player · b. 1913
Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Silvesta Township
HitterdalHosna Burial SiteOhnstadOld AadalenTrinity

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.

Kinloss TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTiber TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOsford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAdams 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 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.