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History · Dragoon Township

Dragoon Township’s post office opened in 1873, and 60% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

1873first post office
0on the National Register
60%homes built before 1940
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How Dragoon Township began

When was Dragoon Township founded?

1873

The Dragoon Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Dragoon (1873) and Pop Corn (1874), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 199153 years
Founding year: the first Dragoon Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Dragoon 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 Dragoon 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 Dragoon Township change.Old housesHalf of Dragoon Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Dragoon Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dragoon Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Dragoon Township on the map, 1889 to 1983

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

Dragoon Township on the 1889 USGS mapDragoon Township on the 1894 USGS mapDragoon Township on the 1971 USGS mapDragoon Township on the 1983 USGS map1889Burlingame 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 Dragoon Township.

The story so far

Dragoon Township, in brief

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

Dragoon Township is a township in Osage County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 199.

Its first post office opened in 1873. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 202 in 2010, 199 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Dragoon Township, 1873 to 1900

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Dragoon post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Pop Corn post office opens
  4. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1890Post officeThe Pop Corn post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1900Post officeThe Dragoon 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 and places now gone

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

Dragoon
1873–1900
Pop Corn
1874–1890
18701950today
Gone or out of use
DragoonlocalePop Cornlocale

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.

Superior TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBurlingame Township2 historic placesA−Scranton TownshipIts storyB−Waterloo TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Dragoon Township’s history

What year was Dragoon Township founded?

The Dragoon 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.