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History · Granite Township

92% of Granite Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Jack Creek Kingpost and the Battle Creek King Post Truss Bridge. Below: maps from 1893 on.

2on the National Register
92%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Granite 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 Granite Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18933 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1985. Watch Granite Township change.Old housesHalf of Granite Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Granite Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Granite Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Granite Township on the map, 1893 to 1985

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

Granite Township on the 1893 USGS mapGranite Township on the 1968 USGS mapGranite Township on the 1985 USGS map1893Phillipsburg 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 Granite Township.

The story so far

Granite Township, in brief

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

Granite Township is a township in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 28.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 31 to 28 (-10%).

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

Timeline

Granite Township, 1874 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Goode post office opens
  3. 1885Post officeThe Woodruff post office opens
  4. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904Post officeThe Goode post office closes
  7. 1956Post officeThe Woodruff post office closes
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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 National Register

2 historic places in Granite Township

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1990
Jack Creek Kingpost
Jack Creek KingpostBattle Creek King Post Truss Bridge
Structures
All 2 listings
Jack Creek KingpostStructure · listed 1990Battle Creek King Post Truss BridgeStructure · listed 2003

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Granite Township

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

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David JanssenAmerican actor · b. 1931
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Edward BushnellAmerican distance runner · b. 1876
Evelle J. YoungerCalifornian Attorney General · b. 1918
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Donald Roe RossAmerican federal judge · b. 1922
Harold W. BauerUnited States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recip… · b. 1908
Robert W. Porter Jr.United States general · b. 1908
Places that used to be

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

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

Goode
1874–1904
Woodruff
1885–1956
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Woodruff
Gone or out of use
Goodelocale
1cemetery inside Granite Township
Woodruff

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.

Dayton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLong Island Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWalnut TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Granite Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Granite Township?

Two places: the Jack Creek Kingpost (listed 1990) and the Battle Creek King Post Truss Bridge (2003).

Memory lane

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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.