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History · Belvue Township

Belvue Township’s post office opened in 1871, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on and the census since 1920.

1871first post office
0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
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How Belvue Township began

When was Belvue Township founded?

1871

The Belvue Township post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 199 in 19202020 census: 392155 years
Founding year: the first Belvue Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Belvue 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 Belvue Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18895 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1990. Watch Belvue Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Belvue Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Belvue Township on the map, 1889 to 1990

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

Belvue Township on the 1889 USGS mapBelvue Township on the 1894 USGS mapBelvue Township on the 1978 USGS mapBelvue Township on the 1985 USGS mapBelvue Township on the 1990 USGS map1889Wamego 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 Belvue Township.

The story

How Belvue Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Belvue Township.

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Belvue was laid out in 1871. The first post office in Belvue was established in May 1871.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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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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People over time

Belvue Township, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 228

Between 161 and 228 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Belvue Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Kaw TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLouisville Township1 historic placeBSt. Marys Township2 historic placesBWamego Township4 historic placesBEmmett TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Belvue Township’s history

What year was Belvue Township founded?

The Belvue Township post office opened in 1871, 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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.