The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusDanton Township is a township in Richland County, North Dakota, United States. It is home to half the town of Wyndmere, with parts of the town situated in Wyndmere Township. It is also home to the former town of Moselle. In 1883, a 72-square-mile (190 km2) called Garfield consisted of two townships, Danton and Barney. On April 28, 1893, Danton Township was organized and officially named Danton, although the homesteaders called it Danton perhaps ten years before. School houses were built in the late 1880s.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 135 to 102 (-24%). Half of its homes were built before 1976.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Danton yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Danton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Danton’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Danton, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Danton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Danton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bagg, Frederick A. and Sophia, Bonanza Farm in Mooreton, 9.9 miles away.
Danton and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.