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History · Flora Township

24% of Flora Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1891 on.

0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Flora Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Flora 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 Flora Township change.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Flora Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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On the map

Flora Township on the map, 1891 to 1985

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

Flora Township on the 1891 USGS mapFlora Township on the 1965 USGS mapFlora Township on the 1985 USGS map1891Clay Center 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 Flora Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Poplar Hill
1875–1889
Keystone
1877–1889
Manchester
1889–1985
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Manchester
Gone or out of use
KeystonelocalePoplar Hilllocale
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Flora Township
KeystonePrairiedaleWhite Cloud

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

The story so far

Flora Township, in brief

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

Flora Township is a township in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 168. Flora Township was organized in 1879.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 217 to 168 (-23%).

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

Timeline

Flora Township, 1875 to 1985

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1875Post officeThe Poplar Hill post office opens
  3. 1877Post officeThe Keystone post office opens
  4. 1889Post officeThe Poplar Hill post office closes
  5. 1889Post officeThe Keystone post office closes
  6. 1889Post officeThe Manchester post office opens
  7. 1891On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 20th century
  9. 1985Post officeThe Manchester post office closes
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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Ottawa TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWillowdale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCheever 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.