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History · Cleveland Township

50% of Cleveland Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

0on the National Register
50%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cleveland 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 Cleveland Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18894 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1983. Watch Cleveland Township change.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Cleveland Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Cleveland Township’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cleveland Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Cleveland Township on the map, 1889 to 1983

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

Cleveland Township on the 1889 USGS mapCleveland Township on the 1894 USGS mapCleveland Township on the 1969 USGS mapCleveland Township on the 1983 USGS map1889Seneca 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 Cleveland 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.

Wyoming
1862–1901
Pavilion
1871–1903
Lillis
1910–1958
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
LillisNolan
Gone or out of use
PavilionlocaleWyominglocale
1cemetery inside Cleveland Township
Saint Josephs Catholic

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

The story so far

Cleveland Township, in brief

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

Cleveland Township is a township in Marshall County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 68.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 77 to 68 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Cleveland Township, 1862 to 1958

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1862Post officeThe Wyoming post office opens
  3. 1871Post officeThe Pavilion post office opens
  4. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1901Post officeThe Wyoming post office closes
  7. 1903Post officeThe Pavilion post office closes
  8. 1910Post officeThe Lillis post office opens
  9. 1958Post officeThe Lillis post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Cleveland Township

Nobody well known was born in Cleveland 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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Tressie SoudersAfrican-American film director · b. 1897
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Frank WiziardeAmerican actor · b. 1916
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Frank BusheyAmerican baseball player · b. 1906
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Augusta MetcalfeAmerican painter · b. 1881
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Neuchatel TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNoble Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClear Fork 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.