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History · Blue Valley Township

52% of Blue Valley Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1964 on.

0on the National Register
52%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Blue Valley 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 Blue Valley Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Blue Valley Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story so far

Blue Valley Township, in brief

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

Blue Valley Township is a township in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 380.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 343 to 380 (+11%).

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

Timeline

Blue Valley Township, 1876 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Mariadahl post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Mariadahl post office closes
  5. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Blue Valley Township on the map, 1964 to 1983

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

Blue Valley Township on the 1964 USGS mapBlue Valley Township on the 1983 USGS map1964Olsburg NW sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Blue Valley Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Blue Valley Township

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

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Albin Kasper LongrenAmerican pilot · b. 1882
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Frank WiziardeAmerican actor · b. 1916
Sharon SchwartzAmerican politician · b. 1940
John WingbladeCanadian politician · b. 1883
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Josephine Thorndike BerryAmerican educator and home economist · b. 1871
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Mariadahllocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Blue Valley Township
MariadahlOlsburg

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.

Swede Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSherman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShannon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpring Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreen 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.