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History · Battle Creek Township

Battle Creek Township’s post office opened in 1873

Below: maps from 1894 on.

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How Battle Creek Township began

When was Battle Creek Township founded?

1873

The Battle Creek Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Battle Creek (1873), Herman (1874) and Paris (1878), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 34153 years
Founding year: the first Battle Creek Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Battle Creek 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 Battle Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18943 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1980. Watch Battle Creek Township change.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Battle Creek Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Battle Creek Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Battle Creek Township on the map, 1894 to 1980

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

Battle Creek Township on the 1894 USGS mapBattle Creek Township on the 1968 USGS mapBattle Creek Township on the 1980 USGS map1894Beloit 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 Battle Creek Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Battle Creek
1873–1879
Herman
1874–1893
Paris
1878–1898
18701950today
Gone or out of use
HermanlocaleParislocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Battle Creek Township
BethanyPrairie Grove

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

The story so far

Battle Creek Township, in brief

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

Battle Creek Township is a township in Lincoln County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 34.

Its first post office opened in 1873. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 35 to 34 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Battle Creek Township, 1873 to 1898

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Battle Creek post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Herman post office opens
  4. 1878Post officeThe Paris post office opens
  5. 1879Post officeThe Battle Creek post office closes
  6. 1893Post officeThe Herman post office closes
  7. 1894On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1898Post officeThe Paris post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Battle Creek Township

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

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Jessa CrispinAmerican literary critic, editor of Bookslut · b. 1978
Donald K. RossUnited States Navy Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1910
Mary Nicholas ArnoldyRoman Catholic nun and mathematician · b. 1893
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Don G. AbelAmerican judge · b. 1894
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Round Springs TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townScott Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Battle Creek Township’s history

What year was Battle Creek Township founded?

The Battle Creek Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.