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History · Bryant Township

27% of Bryant Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1979 on.

0on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bryant 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 Bryant Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Bryant Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bryant Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Leland
1888–1907
Hoganville
1894–1899
Saint Peter
1899–1920
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Saint Peter
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bryant Township
LelandSaint Anthony

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Bryant Township, in brief

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

Bryant Township is a township in Graham County, Kansas, United States.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 74 to 80 (+8%).

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

Timeline

Bryant Township, 1888 to 1979

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Leland post office opens
  3. 1894Post officeThe Hoganville post office opens
  4. 1899Post officeThe Hoganville post office closes
  5. 1899Post officeThe Saint Peter post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1907Post officeThe Leland post office closes
  8. 1920Post officeThe Saint Peter post office closes
  9. 1979On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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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On the map

Bryant Township on the map, 1979 to 1985

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

Bryant Township on the 1979 USGS mapBryant Township on the 1985 USGS map1979St Peter 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 Bryant Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Bryant Township

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

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Brent BarrettAmerican actor · b. 1957
Maggie McIntoshAmerican politician · b. 1947
Mike SchreinerOntario politician and food advocate · b. 1969
Brad LambertAmerican football player and coach · b. 1965
Dirk JohnsonPlayer of American football · b. 1975
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Howard H. BellAmerican scholar of African American history · b. 1913
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Collyer Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSolomon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBaker Township1 historic placeA−Happy 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.