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History · Center Township

Half of Center Township’s homes were built after 1976

Most of Center Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1889 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Center 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 Center Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18896 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1990. Watch Center Township change.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Center Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Center Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Center Township on the map, 1889 to 1990

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

Center Township on the 1889 USGS mapCenter Township on the 1894 USGS mapCenter Township on the 1964 USGS mapCenter Township on the 1978 USGS mapCenter Township on the 1985 USGS mapCenter Township on the 1990 USGS map1889Wamego 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 Center Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Arispie
1871–1903
Eagle
1871–1874
Laclede
1874–1906
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Laclede
Gone or out of use
Arispielocale
1cemetery inside Center Township
Laclede

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

The story so far

Center Township, in brief

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

Center Township is a township in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 138.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 105 to 138 (+31%).

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

Timeline

Center Township, 1871 to 1906

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Arispie post office opens
  3. 1871Post officeThe Eagle post office opens
  4. 1874Post officeThe Eagle post office closes
  5. 1874Post officeThe Laclede post office opens
  6. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 20th century
  8. 1903Post officeThe Arispie post office closes
  9. 1906Post officeThe Laclede post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Center Township

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

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Si GriffisCanadian ice hockey player · b. 1883
Reed ChambersAmerican flying ace · b. 1894
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Frank WiziardeAmerican actor · b. 1916
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Frank BusheyAmerican baseball player · b. 1906
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Union TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSt. Clere TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVienna Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSherman 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.