The story
Read it all →How Eagle Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Eagle Township.
Eagle Township was established in 1872. It was named after The Wichita Eagle newspaper.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Eagle Township
17% of Eagle Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 38% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: maps from 1889 on.
0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
Where Eagle Township’s name came from
How did Eagle Township get its name?
Eagle Township was named after The Wichita Eagle newspaper.
How historic is Eagle Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 38% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Eagle Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Eagle Township is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Eagle Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194017.1% of homes (±4.6) · typical KS town 10.3% · U.S. 8.4%BNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical KS town 5.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 38%
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Kansas towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Kansas town has 5.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Eagle Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (19% of Kansas towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.6 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Eagle Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Eagle Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eagle Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Eagle Township on the map, 1889 to 1990
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Eagle Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1889Cheney sheet · 1:125,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Eagle Township.
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumFamous people
See all →Famous people close to Eagle Township
Nobody well known was born in Eagle Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Eagle Township’s history
How does Eagle Township rank for history?
Eagle Township is more historic than 38% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Eagle Township?
17% of Eagle Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.6 points), against a typical 10% for a Kansas town; the median home was built in 1971.
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).
From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.