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History · Chetopa Township

17% of Chetopa Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1951 on.

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Chetopa 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 Chetopa Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Chetopa Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chetopa Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
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Places that used to be

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

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

Prairie Du Chien
1865–1871
Urbana
1870–1957
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ThayerUrbana
Gone or out of use
Abbott SchoolschoolBrewster SchoolschoolNorth Center SchoolschoolPost SchoolschoolSapp Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Chetopa Township
Thayer

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

The story so far

Chetopa Township, in brief

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

Chetopa Township is a township in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 845.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 861 in 2010, 845 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Chetopa Township, 1865 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1865Post officeThe Prairie Du Chien post office opens
  3. 1870Post officeThe Urbana post office opens
  4. 1871Post officeThe Prairie Du Chien post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1957Post officeThe Urbana post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Chetopa Township on the map, 1951 to 1984

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

Chetopa Township on the 1951 USGS mapChetopa Township on the 1973 USGS mapChetopa Township on the 1984 USGS map1951Chanute sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Chetopa Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Canville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShiloh TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenterville 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.