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History · Bachelor Township

26% of Bachelor Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1885 on.

0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bachelor Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Bachelor Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18855 editions of the USGS map, 1885 to 1990. Watch Bachelor Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Bachelor Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Bachelor Township on the map, 1885 to 1990

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

Bachelor Township on the 1885 USGS mapBachelor Township on the 1894 USGS mapBachelor Township on the 1971 USGS mapBachelor Township on the 1985 USGS mapBachelor Township on the 1990 USGS map1885Eureka 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 Bachelor Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Utopia
1880–1935
Tonovay
1886–1912
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
TonovayUtopia

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

The story so far

Bachelor Township, in brief

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

Bachelor Township is a township in Greenwood County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 164.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 193 to 164 (-15%).

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

Timeline

Bachelor Township, 1880 to 1935

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Utopia post office opens
  3. 1885On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1886Post officeThe Tonovay post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1912Post officeThe Tonovay post office closes
  7. 1935Post officeThe Utopia post office closes
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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Eureka TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townQuincy TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJanesville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFall River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasant Grove 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.