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History · Darlington Township

Darlington Township’s post office opened in 1873, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

1873first post office
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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How Darlington Township began

When was Darlington Township founded?

1873

The Darlington Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Darlington (1873), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 586153 years
Founding year: the first Darlington Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Darlington 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 Darlington Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18896 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1990. Watch Darlington Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Darlington Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Darlington Township on the map, 1889 to 1990

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

Darlington Township on the 1889 USGS mapDarlington Township on the 1894 USGS mapDarlington Township on the 1959 USGS mapDarlington Township on the 1978 USGS mapDarlington Township on the 1985 USGS mapDarlington Township on the 1990 USGS map1889Wichita 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 Darlington Township.

The story so far

Darlington Township, in brief

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

Darlington Township is a township in Harvey County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 586.

Its first post office opened in 1873. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 575 in 2010, 586 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Darlington Township, 1873 to 1889

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Darlington post office opens
  3. 1873Post officeThe Darlington post office closes
  4. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Darlington Township

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

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Ivan RileyAthletics competitor · b. 1900
Guy BallardAmerican mining engineer, founder of the "I AM"… · b. 1878
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Tom AdairAmerican lyricist, composer, and screenwriter · b. 1913
Adolph RuppAmerican college basketball coach · b. 1901
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Eleanor CarothersAmerican zoologist, geneticist, and cytologist · b. 1882
Elizabeth P. HoisingtonUnited States general · b. 1918
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

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

Gone or out of use
Centennial SchoolschoolNorris Schoolschool

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.

Newton15 historic placesA−Newton Township3 historic placesB−Grant Township1 historic placeB−Richland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSedgwick Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Darlington Township’s history

What year was Darlington Township founded?

The Darlington Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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.