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History · Grant Township

53% of Grant Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1896 on.

0on the National Register
53%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.On the map since 18963 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1985. Watch Grant Township change.Old housesHalf of Grant Township’s homes were built before 1938.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Grant Township.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Grant Township on the map, 1896 to 1985

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 1896 USGS mapGrant Township on the 1969 USGS mapGrant Township on the 1985 USGS map1896Russell 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 Grant Township.

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 Barton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 55.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 55 to 50 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Grant Township, 1880 to 1896

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Leoville post office opens
  3. 1881Post officeThe Leoville post office closes
  4. 1881Post officeThe Nathan post office opens
  5. 1887Post officeThe Nathan post office closes
  6. 1896On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Leoville
1880–1881
Nathan
1881–1887
18801950today
Gone or out of use
LeovillelocaleMary A Oil FieldoilfieldMatter Oil FieldoilfieldNathanlocale
1cemetery inside Grant Township
Saint Anns

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.

Fairview TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWalnut TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAlbion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPioneer TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasantdale 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.