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History · Freedom Township

32% of Freedom Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1958 on.

1on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Freedom 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 Freedom Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Freedom Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Freedom Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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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.

Fort Lincoln
1861–1879
Glendale
1864–1902
Harding
1888–1933
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Harding
Gone or out of use
Fort Lincoln SchoolschoolGarfield SchoolschoolGlendalelocaleGlendale SchoolschoolLudlow SchoolschoolRock SchoolschoolZion Schoolschool
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Freedom Township
AvondaleGlendaleOsagaSaint Michael'sZion

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

The story so far

Freedom Township, in brief

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

Freedom Township is a township in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 505.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 590 in 2010, 585 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Freedom Township, 1861 to 1958

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1861Post officeThe Fort Lincoln post office opens
  3. 1864Post officeThe Glendale post office opens
  4. 1879Post officeThe Fort Lincoln post office closes
  5. 1888Post officeThe Harding post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1902Post officeThe Glendale post office closes
  8. 1933Post officeThe Harding post office closes
  9. 1958On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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.

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On the map

Freedom Township on the map, 1958 to 1986

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

Freedom Township on the 1958 USGS mapFreedom Township on the 1986 USGS map1958Devon sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Freedom Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Freedom Township

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Freedom Township

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

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Gordon ParksAmerican photographer, musician, writer and fil… · b. 1912
Hugh Samuel JohnsonAmerican administrator · b. 1882
Clark CliffordAmerican secretary of defense · b. 1906
Elmer McCollumAmerican biochemist · b. 1879
Richard ChristyAmerican drummer · b. 1974
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Burt McKinnieAmateur golfer · b. 1879
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Osage Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStanton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townScott Township2 historic placesBTimberhill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMill Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSheridan Township2 historic placesnot 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.