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History · Cheyenne Township

18% of Cheyenne Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1974 on.

0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cheyenne Township’s past

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The story so far

Cheyenne Township, in brief

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

Cheyenne Township is a township in Lane County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 269.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 314 to 269 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Cheyenne Township, 1880 to 1974

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Farnsworth post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Healy post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1914Post officeThe Farnsworth post office closes
  6. 1974On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Cheyenne Township on the map, 1974 to 1985

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

Cheyenne Township on the 1974 USGS mapCheyenne Township on the 1985 USGS map1974Healy 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 Cheyenne Township.

Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Farnsworth, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Farnsworth
1880–1914
Healy
1887–today
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Healy
Gone or out of use
Farnsworthlocale
1cemetery inside Cheyenne Township
Healy

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Wilson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLewis TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDighton Township1 historic placeB−

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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.