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History · Harper Township

17% of Harper Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1965 on.

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Harper 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 Harper Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Harper Township, in brief

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

Harper Township is a township in McPherson County, Kansas, United States.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 138 to 132 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Harper Township, 1872 to 1965

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Sharp's Creek post office opens
  3. 1899Post officeThe Sharp's Creek post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Harper Township on the map, 1965 to 1985

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

Harper Township on the 1965 USGS mapHarper Township on the 1979 USGS mapHarper Township on the 1985 USGS map1965Windom NE 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 Harper Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Harper Township

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

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Sandra MyersSpanish athletics competitor · b. 1961
C. Dean AnderssonAmerican writer · b. 2000
George Seanor RobbUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1887
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Bill McGillAmerican baseball player · b. 1880
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Carl MandaMajor League Baseball player · b. 1886
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Del LundgrenAmerican baseball player · b. 1899
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Sharp's Creek, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
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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.

South Sharps Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNew Gottland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson 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 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.