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History · Grove Township

Half of Grove Township’s homes were built after 1999

Most of Grove Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: maps from 1952 on.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Grove 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 Grove Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grove Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Grove Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Grove Township.

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Grove Township was organized in 1918 from Silver Lake Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Grove Township on the map, 1952 to 1982

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

Grove Township on the 1952 USGS mapGrove Township on the 1970 USGS mapGrove Township on the 1982 USGS map1952Grove sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Grove Township

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

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Annette BeningAmerican actress · b. 1958
Charles CurtisVice president of the United States from 1929 t… · b. 1860
Gwendolyn BrooksAmerican writer · b. 1917
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Gregg BinkleyAmerican actor · b. 1963
Pat RobertsUnited States Senator from Kansas · b. 1936
Lois SmithAmerican actress · b. 1930
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Grove
1cemetery inside Grove Township
Walnut Hill

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.

Silver Lake TownshipIts storyC+Menoken TownshipIts storyC−Rossville TownshipIts storyC+

Questions about Grove Township’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 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.