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History · Grant Township

57% of Grant Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1948 on.

0on the National Register
57%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Grant 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 Grant Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Grant Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Grant Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grant 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.

Idell
1870–1901
Mount Carmel
1871–1895
Greenbush
1874–1901
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Greenbush
Gone or out of use
Green Elm ChurchchurchIdelllocaleIdell SchoolschoolKavanaugh SchoolschoolMount CarmellocaleNeutral SchoolschoolOlive SchoolschoolPleasant Valley SchoolschoolSaint Aloysius Churchchurch
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Grant Township
BraziltonMillsOlive SchoolSpangler Pleasant Valley

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

The story so far

Grant Township, in brief

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

Grant Township is a township in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 233.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 236 in 2010, 233 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Grant Township, 1870 to 1948

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Idell post office opens
  3. 1871Post officeThe Mount Carmel post office opens
  4. 1874Post officeThe Greenbush post office opens
  5. 1895Post officeThe Mount Carmel post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1901Post officeThe Idell post office closes
  8. 1901Post officeThe Greenbush post office closes
  9. 1948On 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

Grant Township on the map, 1948 to 1973

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

Grant Township on the 1948 USGS mapGrant Township on the 1973 USGS map1948Erie sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Grant Township

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

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Dennis HaydenAmerican actor · b. 1952
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Carl GregoryAmerican cinematographer · b. 1882
Myron V. GeorgeAmerican politician · b. 1900
Anna Marcet HaldemanUnited States feminist, playwright, editor, aut… · b. 1887
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Clarence WheelerAmerican musician · b. 1885
Edythe BakerAmerican boogie-woogie pianist · b. 1899
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Walnut Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOsage TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCrawford TownshipIts storyC−Mission Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLincoln Township1 historic placenot 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.