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History · Agra

Agra’s post office opened in 1887, and 41% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Agra Consolidated School. Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 1910.

1887first post office
1on the National Register
41%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Agra began, and where its name came from

When was Agra founded?

1887

The Agra post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 347 in 19102020 census: 208139 years

How did Agra get its name?

Agra was named for Agra in India.

Founding year: the first Agra post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Agra’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 Agra are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18933 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1985. Watch Agra change.Boom and bustPeaked at 408 in 1930; 208 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Agra’s homes were built before 1953.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Agra’s history is told.

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On the map

Agra on the map, 1893 to 1985

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

Agra on the 1893 USGS mapAgra on the 1973 USGS mapAgra on the 1985 USGS map1893Phillipsburg sheet · 1:125,000

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

People over time

Agra, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 408

Peaked at 408 in 1930; 208 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Agra’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Agra came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Agra.

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Agra was first settled in 1888, and incorporated in 1904. Agra was a station on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. It was named for Agra in India.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Agra, 1887 to 1930

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Agra post office opens
  3. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 408
By decade

Agra, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Agra, Kansas2021Agra, Kansas
On the National Register

1 historic place in Agra

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2005
Agra Consolidated School
Agra Consolidated School
Buildings
All 1 listings
Agra Consolidated SchoolBuilding · listed 2005

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Agra’s history

What year was Agra founded?

The Agra post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Agra?

One place: the Agra Consolidated School (listed 2005).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.