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History · East Hess Township

13% of East Hess Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on.

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about East Hess 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 East Hess Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18923 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1985. Watch East Hess Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s East Hess Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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On the map

East Hess Township on the map, 1892 to 1985

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

East Hess Township on the 1892 USGS mapEast Hess Township on the 1969 USGS mapEast Hess Township on the 1985 USGS map1892Dodge 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 East Hess Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Cave
1901–1914
Haggard
1914–1954
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Haggard
Gone or out of use
Lonelakelocale
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside East Hess Township
CaveEnsignJohnson

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

The story so far

East Hess Township, in brief

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

East Hess Township is a township in Gray County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 335.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 360 to 335 (-7%).

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

Timeline

East Hess Township, 1892 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Cave post office opens
  5. 1914Post officeThe Cave post office closes
  6. 1914Post officeThe Haggard post office opens
  7. 1954Post officeThe Haggard post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to East Hess Township

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

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Dennis HopperAmerican actor and film director · b. 1936
David A. R. WhiteAmerican actor · b. 1970
Bill MillerAmerican athlete who competed mainly in the pol… · b. 1912
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James KingAmerican operatic tenor · b. 1925
David RickenCatholic bishop · b. 1952
Tim HuelskampAmerican politician · b. 1968
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Montezuma TownshipIts storyCConcord TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWilburn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCrooked Creek TownshipIts storynot 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.