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History · Sutton

Sutton’s post office opened in 1913, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on.

1913first post office
0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Sutton began

When was Sutton founded?

1913

The Sutton post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 17113 years
Founding year: the first Sutton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Sutton’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 Sutton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Sutton’s homes were built before 1943.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sutton’s history is told.

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The story so far

Sutton, in brief

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

Sutton is a census-designated place in western Griggs County, North Dakota, United States. An unincorporated community, it was designated as part of the U.S. Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program on March 31, 2010. It was not counted separately during the 2000 Census, but was included in the 2010 Census. As of the 2020 census, Sutton had a population of 17. It lies west of the city of Cooperstown, the county seat of Griggs County. It had a post office with the ZIP code 58484.

Its first post office opened in 1913. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 17 in 2010, 17 in 2020.

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

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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

Sutton on the map, 1961 to 1985

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

Sutton on the 1961 USGS mapSutton on the 1985 USGS map1961Sutton 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 Sutton.

Questions about Sutton’s history

What year was Sutton founded?

The Sutton post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.