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History · Groveland Township

Groveland Township’s post office opened in 1874, and 42% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1891 on.

1874first post office
0on the National Register
42%homes built before 1940
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How Groveland Township began

When was Groveland Township founded?

1874

The Groveland Township post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Groveland (1874) and Westfield (1874), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 170152 years
Founding year: the first Groveland Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Groveland 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 Groveland Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Groveland Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Groveland Township’s homes were built before 1955.
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Start Groveland Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Groveland Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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

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

Groveland
1874–1939
Westfield
1874–1888
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Groveland
Gone or out of use
Groveland Northeast Oil FieldoilfieldGroveland South Oil FieldoilfieldWestfieldlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Groveland Township
GrovelandMonitor Church of the Brethren

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

The story so far

Groveland Township, in brief

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

Groveland is an unincorporated community in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. It is located southwest of McPherson at K-61 highway and Comanche Rd.

Its first post office opened in 1874. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 206 to 170 (-17%).

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

Timeline

Groveland Township, 1874 to 1939

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Groveland post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Westfield post office opens
  4. 1888Post officeThe Westfield post office closes
  5. 1891On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1939Post officeThe Groveland post office closes
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

Groveland Township on the map, 1891 to 1985

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

Groveland Township on the 1891 USGS mapGroveland Township on the 1985 USGS map1891Hutchinson 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 Groveland Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Groveland Township

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

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Bruce ConnerAmerican artist · b. 1933
Montee BallAmerican football player · b. 1990
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Stanford LehmbergHistorian · b. 1931
Susan PetersonAmerican artist, ceramics educator, and author · b. 1925
Tanner HawkinsonAmerican football player · b. 1990
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Bill McGillAmerican baseball player · b. 1880
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Jackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHayes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKing City TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Groveland Township’s history

What year was Groveland Township founded?

The Groveland Township post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 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.