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History · Tiber Township

32% of Tiber Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1972 on.

0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Tiber Township’s past

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The story so far

Tiber Township, in brief

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

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 72 to 62 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Tiber Township, 1883 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Silvista post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Silvista post office closes
  5. 1972On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Tiber Township on the map in 1972

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Tiber Township.

Tiber Township on the 1972 USGS map1972Union 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 Tiber Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Silvistalocale
1cemetery inside Tiber Township
Odalen Lutheran

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.

Lampton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVesta TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSilvesta TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMontrose 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.