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History · Galt Township

Galt Township’s post office opened in 1887, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1894 on.

1887first post office
0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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How Galt Township began

When was Galt Township founded?

1887

The Galt Township post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Bartgestown (1874), Crawford (1887) and Galt (1887), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 81139 years
Founding year: the first Galt Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Galt 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 Galt Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18943 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1985. Watch Galt Township change.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Galt Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Galt Township’s homes were built before 1952.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Galt Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Galt Township on the map, 1894 to 1985

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

Galt Township on the 1894 USGS mapGalt Township on the 1970 USGS mapGalt Township on the 1985 USGS map1894Lyons 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 Galt 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.

Bartgestown
1874–1887
Crawford
1887–1953
Galt
1887–1911
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CrawfordGalt
Gone or out of use
BurtgestownlocaleClick Southeast Oil FieldoilfieldCrawford Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Galt Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Galt Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Galt Township.

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Circa 1910, Galt contained a general store and 15 inhabitants. It was a shipping point on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad. The post office in Galt closed in 1911. Currently, no structures remain of this former community.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Galt Township, 1874 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Bartgestown post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Bartgestown post office closes
  4. 1887Post officeThe Crawford post office opens
  5. 1887Post officeThe Galt post office opens
  6. 1894On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 20th century
  8. 1911Post officeThe Galt post office closes
  9. 1953Post officeThe Crawford post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Galt Township

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

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Clarence R. HuebnerUnited States Army general · b. 1888
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Sandra MyersSpanish athletics competitor · b. 1961
Marcia RoddAmerican actor · b. 1938
C. Dean AnderssonAmerican writer · b. 2000
Jerry VasconcellsAmerican aviation pioneer · b. 1892
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Milton R. WolfAmerican politician and physician · b. 1971
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Odessa TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMitchell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVictoria TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTrivoli TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Galt Township’s history

What year was Galt Township founded?

The Galt Township post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikipedia, 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.