Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Bazine

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Bazine

Bazine’s post office opened in 1874, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1900 on.

1874first post office
0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Bazine’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Bazine began

When was Bazine founded?

1874

The Bazine post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 282152 years
Founding year: the first Bazine post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Bazine’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Bazine’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bazine’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewBazine, Kansas: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Bazine came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Bazine.

Read it all →

Bazine was a station and shipping point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The community was named for the French general François Achille Bazaine.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Bazine, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
Bazine, Kansasc. 1900Bazine, Kansas
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today2 recent
KSMap-doton-Bazine2005KSMap-doton-BazineMap of Ness Co, Ks, USA2005Map of Ness Co, Ks, USAMap
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Bazine, Kansas
Retake this viewBazine, Kansas, c. 1900

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Bazine’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Bazine

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

See all →
Ruth RileyAmerican basketball player · b. 1979
Henry White EdgertonUnited States federal judge · b. 1888
Gary PattersonAmerican college football player, college footb… · b. 1960
E
Elon HogsettMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1903
G
Gilmore KinneyAmerican college basketball player · b. 1886
G
Glee S. Smith, Jr.American lawyer and politician · b. 1921

Questions about Bazine’s history

What year was Bazine founded?

The Bazine post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

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 (3), 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.