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History · Granada Township

Granada Township’s post office opened in 1864

Most of Granada Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1888 on.

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How Granada Township began

When was Granada Township founded?

1864

The Granada Township post office opened in 1864, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Pleasant Spring (1856) and Granada (1864), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 84162 years
Founding year: the first Granada Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Granada 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 Granada Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18885 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1990. Watch Granada Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Granada Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Granada Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Granada Township on the map, 1888 to 1990

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

Granada Township on the 1888 USGS mapGranada Township on the 1894 USGS mapGranada Township on the 1961 USGS mapGranada Township on the 1985 USGS mapGranada Township on the 1990 USGS map1888Hiawatha 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 Granada Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Pleasant Spring
1856–1864
Granada
1864–1906
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Granada
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Granada 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 so far

Granada Township, in brief

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

Granada Township is a township in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 84.

Its first post office opened in 1864. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 105 to 84 (-20%).

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

Timeline

Granada Township, 1856 to 1906

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Pleasant Spring post office opens
  3. 1864Post officeThe Pleasant Spring post office closes
  4. 1864Post officeThe Granada post office opens
  5. 1888On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1906Post officeThe Granada post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Granada Township

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

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Bernard W. RogersFormer Chief of Staff of the United States Army · b. 1921
Lee E. GeyerAmerican politician · b. 1888
Edwin Emery SlossonAmerican academic · b. 1865
William P. LambertsonAmerican politician · b. 1880
Zip ZabelAmerican baseball pitcher · b. 1891
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Elton D. AberleAmerican animal scientist
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Powhattan Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCapioma TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWetmore TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarrison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Granada Township’s history

What year was Granada Township founded?

The Granada Township post office opened in 1864, 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 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.