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History · Conkling Township

Conkling Township’s post office opened in 1881, and 100% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

1881first post office
0on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
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How Conkling Township began

When was Conkling Township founded?

1881

The Conkling Township post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Harmony (1877) and Conkling (1881), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 17145 years
Founding year: the first Conkling Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Conkling 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 Conkling 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 1985. Watch Conkling Township change.Old housesHalf of Conkling Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Conkling Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Conkling Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Conkling Township on the map, 1889 to 1985

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

Conkling Township on the 1889 USGS mapConkling Township on the 1891 USGS mapConkling Township on the 1970 USGS mapConkling Township on the 1985 USGS map1889Larned 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 Conkling Township.

The story so far

Conkling Township, in brief

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

Conkling Township is a township in Pawnee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 17.

Its first post office opened in 1881. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 30 to 17 (-43%).

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

Timeline

Conkling Township, 1877 to 1908

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Post officeThe Harmony post office opens
  3. 1881Post officeThe Conkling post office opens
  4. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1895Post officeThe Conkling post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1908Post officeThe Harmony post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Harmony
1877–1908
Conkling
1881–1895
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Vaughn
Gone or out of use
ConklinglocaleHarmonylocale

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.

Ash Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLincoln TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenter TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Conkling Township’s history

What year was Conkling Township founded?

The Conkling Township post office opened in 1881, 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.