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History · Diamond Creek Township

15% of Diamond Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 5 buildings. Below: maps from 1898 on.

1on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Diamond Creek 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 Diamond Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Diamond Creek Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Diamond Creek Township’s homes were built before 1958.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Diamond Creek Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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.

Hymer
1872–1943
Elk
1874–1924
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HymerNevaRockland
Gone or out of use
Immanuel Churchchurch
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Diamond Creek Township
BoenitzDiamond CreekElkElmdale

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

The story so far

Diamond Creek Township, in brief

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

Diamond Creek Township is a township in Chase County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 237.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 241 to 225 (-7%).

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

Timeline

Diamond Creek Township, 1872 to 1943

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Hymer post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Elk post office opens
  4. 1883BuiltWhitney Ranch Historic District is built
  5. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1924Post officeThe Elk post office closes
  8. 1943Post officeThe Hymer post office closes
By decade

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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On the map

Diamond Creek Township on the map, 1898 to 1985

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

Diamond Creek Township on the 1898 USGS mapDiamond Creek Township on the 1985 USGS map1898Cottonwood Falls 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 Diamond Creek Township.

On the National Register

1 listing protects 5 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
5
each building in a district counts
first listed
1995
Whitney Ranch Historic District
Whitney Ranch Historic District, built 1883
Districts
Whitney Ranch Historic DistrictBuilt 1883

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Diamond Creek Township

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

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Emil KapaunKorean War US Army chaplain, POW, Medal of Hono… · b. 1916
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Fay MoultonAthletics and American football competitor · b. 1876
John Jacob RhodesAmerican politician · b. 1916
Byron N. ScottAmerican lawyer and politician · b. 1903
Don C. HarveyAmerican actor · b. 1911
Lyle TayoAmerican actress · b. 1889
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Falls Township6 historic placesACottonwood Township6 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClear Creek Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStrong Township5 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Diamond Creek Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Diamond Creek Township?

One place: the Whitney Ranch Historic District (listed 1995).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.