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Dewlen-Spohnhauer BridgeDewlen-Spohnhauer Bridge · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0
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History · Drum Creek Township

30% of Drum Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Dewlen-Spohnhauer Bridge and the Independence Bowstring. Below: maps from 1886 on.

2on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Drum 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 Drum Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18866 editions of the USGS map, 1886 to 1990. Watch Drum Creek Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Drum Creek Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Drum Creek Township on the map, 1886 to 1990

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

Drum Creek Township on the 1886 USGS mapDrum Creek Township on the 1894 USGS mapDrum Creek Township on the 1905 USGS mapDrum Creek Township on the 1962 USGS mapDrum Creek Township on the 1985 USGS mapDrum Creek Township on the 1990 USGS map1886Independence 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 Drum Creek Township.

The story so far

Drum Creek Township, in brief

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

Drum Creek Township is a township in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 494.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 510 to 494 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Drum Creek Township, 1858 to 1928

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Nashville post office opens
  3. 1866Post officeThe Nashville post office closes
  4. 1886On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1928BuiltDewlen-Spohnhauer Bridge is built
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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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On the National Register

2 historic places in Drum Creek Township

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

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1983
Dewlen-Spohnhauer Bridge
Dewlen-Spohnhauer Bridge, built 1928Independence Bowstring
SitesStructures
Dewlen-Spohnhauer BridgeBuilt 1928
All 2 listings
Independence BowstringStructure · listed 1990

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Drum Creek Township

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

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Louise BrooksAmerican actress · b. 1906
William IngeAmerican playwright and novelist · b. 1913
Vivian VanceAmerican actress · b. 1909
Gerry BammanAmerican actor · b. 1941
Derek SchmidtAmerican politician · b. 1968
Johnny RutherfordAmerican racecar driver · b. 1938
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Corbin
Gone or out of use
Breckenridge SchoolschoolHarmon SchoolschoolNashvillelocale
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Drum Creek Township
CentennialHarmonyPratt

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.

Liberty TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIndependence Township2 historic placesB+Independence14 historic placesACherry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSycamore TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMound Valley Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Cherry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Drum Creek Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Drum Creek Township?

Two places: the Dewlen-Spohnhauer Bridge (listed 1983) and the Independence Bowstring (1990).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (2), 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.