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History · Cambria Township

15% of Cambria Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on.

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cambria 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 Cambria Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18926 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1990. Watch Cambria Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cambria Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Cambria Township on the map, 1892 to 1990

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

Cambria Township on the 1892 USGS mapCambria Township on the 1942 USGS mapCambria Township on the 1955 USGS mapCambria Township on the 1978 USGS mapCambria Township on the 1985 USGS mapCambria Township on the 1990 USGS map1892Salina 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 Cambria Township.

The story

How Cambria Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cambria Township.

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Cambria Township was organized in 1878 from Elk Creek Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Cambria Township

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

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Dwight FryeActor · b. 1899
Adrianna FranchAmerican soccer player · b. 1990
George MurdockAmerican film actor · b. 1930
Geraldine L. RichmondAmerican chemist and physicist · b. 1953
Bill Graves43rd Governor of Kansas · b. 1953
John W. CarlinAmerican politician · b. 1940
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Elm Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalina16 historic placesBGreeley Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDayton 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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.