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History · Albion Township

25% of Albion Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Albion 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 Albion Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18896 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1990. Watch Albion Township change.Old housesHalf of Albion Township’s homes were built before 1957.
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On the map

Albion Township on the map, 1889 to 1990

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

Albion Township on the 1889 USGS mapAlbion Township on the 1891 USGS mapAlbion Township on the 1901 USGS mapAlbion Township on the 1965 USGS mapAlbion Township on the 1985 USGS mapAlbion Township on the 1990 USGS map1889Cheney 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 Albion Township.

The story

How Albion Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Albion Township.

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The first township in Reno County was Reno Township, which covered the whole county upon its creation in 1872. Later in the year it split into other townships, including Castleton Township. It was from Castleton Township that Albion Township was created from in 1878.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Albion Township, 1880 to 1893

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Purity post office opens
  3. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1893Post officeThe Purity post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Albion Township

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

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Eugene John GerberCatholic bishop · b. 1931
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Larry FossAmerican baseball player · b. 1936
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Sarah SmarshAmerican nonficiton writer · b. 1980
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George AitonAmerican baseball player · b. 1890
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Joe SeiwertAmerican politician · b. 1951
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Jon GnagyAmerican artist · b. 1907
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Albion North Oil FieldoilfieldPuritylocale
1cemetery inside Albion Township
Lone Star

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.

Roscoe TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNinnescah TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCastleton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGalesburg Township1 historic placenot 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 Wikipedia, 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.