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History · Glendale Township

26% of Glendale Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on.

0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Glendale 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 Glendale Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18926 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1990. Watch Glendale Township change.
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On the map

Glendale Township on the map, 1892 to 1990

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

Glendale Township on the 1892 USGS mapGlendale Township on the 1942 USGS mapGlendale Township on the 1955 USGS mapGlendale Township on the 1978 USGS mapGlendale Township on the 1985 USGS mapGlendale Township on the 1990 USGS map1892Salina 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 Glendale Township.

The story so far

Glendale Township, in brief

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

Glendale is an unincorporated community in Saline County, Kansas, United States. It is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Salina, along the Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad line, at the intersection of north Brookville and west Watkins roads, about 1.0 mile (1.6 km) north of I-70.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 110 in 2010, 108 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Glendale Township, 1871 to 1892

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Mulberry post office opens
  3. 1890Post officeThe Mulberry post office closes
  4. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Famous people

Famous people close to Glendale Township

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

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Adrianna FranchAmerican soccer player · b. 1990
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George MurdockAmerican film actor · b. 1930
Geraldine L. RichmondAmerican chemist and physicist · b. 1953
Bill Graves43rd Governor of Kansas · b. 1953
John W. CarlinAmerican politician · b. 1940
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Herbie HarperAmerican musician · b. 1920
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Another post office, Mulberry, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Glendale

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Pleasant Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpring Creek Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMadison 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.