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History · Walsh Centre Township

17% of Walsh Centre Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1943 on.

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Walsh Centre 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 Walsh Centre Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Walsh Centre Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Voss
1888–1983
Kellogg
1898–1910
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HerriottKelloggVoss

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Walsh Centre Township, in brief

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

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 154 to 183 (+19%).

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

Timeline

Walsh Centre Township, 1888 to 1983

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Voss post office opens
  3. 1898Post officeThe Kellogg post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1910Post officeThe Kellogg post office closes
  6. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1983Post officeThe Voss post office closes
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On the map

Walsh Centre Township on the map, 1943 to 1985

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

Walsh Centre Township on the 1943 USGS mapWalsh Centre Township on the 1972 USGS mapWalsh Centre Township on the 1985 USGS map1943Grafton sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Walsh Centre Township

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

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Lloyd OmdahlAmerican politician from North Dakota · b. 1931
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John Silas LundyAmerican physician · b. 1894
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Prairie Centre TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townForest River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMinto1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarriston 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.