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History · Cheever Township

Cheever Township’s post office opened in 1873, and 36% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1891 on.

1873first post office
0on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
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How Cheever Township began

When was Cheever Township founded?

1873

The Cheever Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Cheever (1873), Lovejoy (1873) and Buckeye (1900), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 165153 years
Founding year: the first Cheever Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Cheever 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 Cheever Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18913 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1985. Watch Cheever Township change.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Cheever Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Cheever Township’s homes were built before 1944.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cheever Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Cheever Township on the map, 1891 to 1985

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

Cheever Township on the 1891 USGS mapCheever Township on the 1964 USGS mapCheever Township on the 1985 USGS map1891Clay Center 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 Cheever 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.

Cheever
1873–1885
Lovejoy
1873–1876
Buckeye
1900–1904
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BuckeyeIndustry
Gone or out of use
Cheeverlocale
1cemetery inside Cheever Township
Henry

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

The story so far

Cheever Township, in brief

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

Cheever Township is a township in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 165. Cheever Township was organized in 1873.

Its first post office opened in 1873. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 130 to 165 (+27%).

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

Timeline

Cheever Township, 1873 to 1904

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Cheever post office opens
  3. 1873Post officeThe Lovejoy post office opens
  4. 1876Post officeThe Lovejoy post office closes
  5. 1885Post officeThe Cheever post office closes
  6. 1891On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 20th century
  8. 1900Post officeThe Buckeye post office opens
  9. 1904Post officeThe Buckeye post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Cheever Township

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

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Harry BeaumontAmerican film director, actor, and screenwriter · b. 1888
William H. AveryAmerican politician · b. 1911
Bob CainAmerican baseball player · b. 1924
Earl D. EisenhowerAmerican politician · b. 1898
Milton Stover EisenhowerAmerican university president · b. 1899
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Ralph FaulknerAmerican fencer and actor · b. 1891
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Sherman Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBuckeye TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFlora TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Cheever Township’s history

What year was Cheever Township founded?

The Cheever Township post office opened in 1873, 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 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.