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History · Grasshopper Township

37% of Grasshopper Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1885 on.

0on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Grasshopper 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 Grasshopper Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18856 editions of the USGS map, 1885 to 1990. Watch Grasshopper Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Grasshopper Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Grasshopper Township’s homes were built before 1963.
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On the map

Grasshopper Township on the map, 1885 to 1990

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

Grasshopper Township on the 1885 USGS mapGrasshopper Township on the 1893 USGS mapGrasshopper Township on the 1961 USGS mapGrasshopper Township on the 1979 USGS mapGrasshopper Township on the 1985 USGS mapGrasshopper Township on the 1990 USGS map1885Atchison 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 Grasshopper Township.

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.

Kennekuk
1857–1900
Invermay
1882–1897
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Kennekuk
Gone or out of use
Brush Creek SchoolschoolInvermaylocaleNew Mauldin Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Grasshopper Township
Brush CreekForest GroveMuscotahWheatland

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

The story

How Grasshopper Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Grasshopper Township.

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Grasshopper Township was established in 1855 as one of the three original townships of Atchison County.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Grasshopper Township, 1857 to 1900

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Kennekuk post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Invermay post office opens
  4. 1885On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1897Post officeThe Invermay post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1900Post officeThe Kennekuk post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Grasshopper Township

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

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Joe TinkerAmerican baseball player, manager · b. 1880
Martin E. TrappAmerican politician · b. 1877
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John Joseph SullivanCatholic bishop · b. 1920
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Robert Hardy AndrewsAmerican writer · b. 1903
Danny J. PetersenVietnam War Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1949
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Douglas H. UbelakerAmerican anthropologist · b. 1946
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Kapioma TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLancaster TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMission TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBenton 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 Wikipedia, 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.