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History · Cassoday

Cassoday’s post office opened in 1906, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1967 on, and the census since 1970.

1906first post office
0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Cassoday’s archive · credits on each photo
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How Cassoday began

When was Cassoday founded?

1906

The Cassoday post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 123 in 19702020 census: 113120 years
Founding year: the first Cassoday post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Cassoday’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Cassoday’s homes were built before 1959.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cassoday’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Cassoday came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cassoday.

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Cassoday was named for John B. Cassoday, chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

The first post office was in Cassoday was established on July 9, 1906.

ChaptersEarly history19th century

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Cassoday, 1906 to 1995

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1906Post officeThe Cassoday post office opens
  3. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1995In the archiveNational Scenic Byway - Flint Hills (Kansas)
By decade

Cassoday, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1990s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1990s1 item
National Scenic Byway - Flint Hills (Kansas)1995National Scenic Byway - Flint Hills (Kansas)
Today4 recent
Detailed map of2010Detailed map ofMapKta 0922006Kta 092Flint Hills Scenic Byway - K-177 Kiosk in2006Flint Hills Scenic Byway - K-177 Kiosk inKSMap-doton-Cassoday2004KSMap-doton-Cassoday
On the map

Cassoday on the map in 1967

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cassoday.

Cassoday on the 1967 USGS map1967Cassoday 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 Cassoday.

People over time

Cassoday, census by census

0100198020002020Peak: 130

Between 95 and 130 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Cassoday

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

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Roger MarshallAmerican politician · b. 1960
Mort WalkerAmerican comic strip cartoonist · b. 1923
Steve BrodieAmerican actor · b. 1919
Jack MarshallAmerican musician, conductor, composer · b. 1921
Lyle TayoAmerican actress · b. 1889
Dudley DoolittleAmerican politician · b. 1881

Questions about Cassoday’s history

What year was Cassoday founded?

The Cassoday post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.