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History · Driftwood Township

Half of Driftwood Township’s homes were built after 1984

Most of Driftwood Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1951 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Driftwood 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 Driftwood Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Driftwood Township, in brief

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

Driftwood Township is a township in Rawlins County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 85.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 74 to 85 (+15%).

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

Timeline

Driftwood Township, 1881 to 1951

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Boyer post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Boyer post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Driftwood Township on the map, 1951 to 1978

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

Driftwood Township on the 1951 USGS mapDriftwood Township on the 1978 USGS map1951Atwood sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Driftwood Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Bohemian Center SchoolschoolBower SchoolschoolPleasant Lawn SchoolschoolQueen SchoolschoolRed Top SchoolschoolTrinity Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Driftwood Township
Saint CyrilTrinity Lutheran

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.

Center TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHerl TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRocewood Township1 historic placenot 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.