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History · Wolf Butte Township

Wolf Butte Township’s post office opened in 1907, and 50% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on.

1907first post office
0on the National Register
50%homes built before 1940
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How Wolf Butte Township began

When was Wolf Butte Township founded?

1907

The Wolf Butte Township post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Wolf Butte (1907), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 40119 years
Founding year: the first Wolf Butte Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Wolf Butte Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Wolf Butte Township, in brief

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

Wolf Butte Township is a township in Adams County, North Dakota, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 25. Lewis O. Richardson, longtime North Dakota legislator, is buried here.

Its first post office opened in 1907. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 25 to 40 (+60%).

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

Timeline

Wolf Butte Township, 1907 to 1953

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1907Post officeThe Wolf Butte post office opens
  3. 1914Post officeThe Wolf Butte post office closes
  4. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Wolf Butte Township on the map, 1953 to 1980

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

Wolf Butte Township on the 1953 USGS mapWolf Butte Township on the 1974 USGS mapWolf Butte Township on the 1980 USGS map1953Dickinson 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 Wolf Butte Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Thorson Landing Stripairport
1cemetery inside Wolf Butte Township
Wolf Butte 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.

Bucyrus TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDarling Springs TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Wolf Butte Township’s history

What year was Wolf Butte Township founded?

The Wolf Butte Township post office opened in 1907, 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, 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.