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History · Hartland Township

Hartland Township’s post office opened in 1885, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Hartland Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Its Register listing is the Indian Mound.

1885first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Hartland Township began

When was Hartland Township founded?

1885

The Hartland Township post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Hartland (1885), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 143141 years
Founding year: the first Hartland Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hartland 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 Hartland 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 Hartland Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Hartland Township, in brief

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

Hartland Township is a township in Kearny County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 143.

Its first post office opened in 1885. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 99 to 143 (+44%).

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

Timeline

Hartland Township, 1885 to 1933

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885Post officeThe Hartland post office opens
  3. 1889Born hereAndy Rush is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1933Post officeThe Hartland 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 National Register

1 historic place in Hartland Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2013
Indian Mound
Indian Mound
Sites
Indian MoundSite

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Hartland, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
HartlandSutton
1cemetery inside Hartland Township
Hartland

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.

Kendall TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Hibbard TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLakin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKendall TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Hartland Township’s history

What year was Hartland Township founded?

The Hartland Township post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Hartland Township?

One place: the Indian Mound (listed 2013).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.