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History · Eagle Township

Eagle Township’s post office opened in 1890, and 57% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1891 on.

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How Eagle Township began

When was Eagle Township founded?

1890

The Eagle Township post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Lodi (1877), Sexton (1884) and Eagle (1890), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 29136 years
Founding year: the first Eagle Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Eagle Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18913 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1985. Watch Eagle Township change.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Eagle Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eagle Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Eagle Township on the map, 1891 to 1985

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

Eagle Township on the 1891 USGS mapEagle Township on the 1973 USGS mapEagle Township on the 1985 USGS map1891Medicine Lodge 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 Eagle Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Lodi
1877–1895
Sexton
1884–1899
Eagle
1890–1908
18701950today
Gone or out of use
LodilocaleSextonlocale
1cemetery inside Eagle Township
Lodi

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

The story so far

Eagle Township, in brief

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

Eagle Township is a township in Barber County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 42.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 25 to 29 (+16%).

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

Timeline

Eagle Township, 1877 to 1908

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Post officeThe Lodi post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Sexton post office opens
  4. 1890Post officeThe Eagle post office opens
  5. 1891On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1895Post officeThe Lodi post office closes
  7. 1899Post officeThe Sexton post office closes
  8. 20th century
  9. 1908Post officeThe Eagle 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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Famous people

Famous people close to Eagle Township

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

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Martina McBrideAmerican country singer · b. 1966
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Dorothy DeLayAmerican musician and violin instructor · b. 1917
Orville BrownAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1908
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Edward Joseph HunkelerArchbishop of Kansas City · b. 1894
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Carla StovallAmerican politician · b. 1957
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Carleton BealsAmerican journalist, book author, and crusader · b. 1893
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Elwood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMedicine Lodge Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDeerhead TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAetna TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake City TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMoore TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMingona TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Eagle Township’s history

What year was Eagle Township founded?

The Eagle Township post office opened in 1890, 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.