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History · Battle Hill Township

Battle Hill Township’s post office opened in 1876, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

1876first post office
0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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How Battle Hill Township began

When was Battle Hill Township founded?

1876

The Battle Hill Township post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Battle Hill (1876), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 108150 years
Founding year: the first Battle Hill Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Battle Hill 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 Hill Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18894 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1985. Watch Battle Hill Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Battle Hill Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Battle Hill Township on the map, 1889 to 1985

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

Battle Hill Township on the 1889 USGS mapBattle Hill Township on the 1894 USGS mapBattle Hill Township on the 1971 USGS mapBattle Hill Township on the 1985 USGS map1889Newton 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 Hill Township.

The story so far

Battle Hill Township, in brief

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

Battle Hill Township is a township in McPherson County, Kansas, United States.

Its first post office opened in 1876. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 104 to 108 (+4%).

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

Timeline

Battle Hill Township, 1876 to 1894

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Battle Hill post office opens
  3. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1894Post officeThe Battle Hill post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Canton North Oil FieldoilfieldGeorob Oil FieldoilfieldPaden Oil Fieldoilfield
1cemetery inside Battle Hill Township
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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.

Gypsum Creek Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelmore TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCanton Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Battle Hill Township’s history

What year was Battle Hill Township founded?

The Battle Hill Township post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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.