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History · Browns Creek Township

13% of Browns Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1894 on.

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Browns 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 Browns 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 1985. Watch Browns Creek Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Browns Creek Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Browns Creek Township on the map, 1894 to 1985

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

Browns Creek Township on the 1894 USGS mapBrowns Creek Township on the 1962 USGS mapBrowns Creek Township on the 1985 USGS map1894Mankato 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 Browns Creek Township.

The story so far

Browns Creek Township, in brief

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

Browns Creek Township is a township in Jewell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 57.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 50 to 57 (+14%).

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

Timeline

Browns Creek Township, 1872 to 1904

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Mayview post office opens
  3. 1894On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1904Post officeThe Mayview post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

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Famous people

Famous people close to Browns Creek Township

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

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Rodger WardAmerican racecar driver · b. 1921
John Mills HoustonAmerican politician · b. 1890
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Thelma WoodAmerican sculptor · b. 1901
Wint SmithAmerican politician · b. 1892
Nancy MoritzAmerican judge · b. 1960
George DarrowAmerican baseball player · b. 1903
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Mayviewlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Browns Creek 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.

Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAthens TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSolomon Rapids Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCalvin 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.