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History · Harvey Township

Half of Harvey Township’s homes were built after 1995

Most of Harvey Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: maps from 1889 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Harvey 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 Harvey Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18893 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1983. Watch Harvey Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harvey Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Harvey Township on the map, 1889 to 1983

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

Harvey Township on the 1889 USGS mapHarvey Township on the 1964 USGS mapHarvey Township on the 1983 USGS map1889Burden 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 Harvey Township.

The story so far

Harvey Township, in brief

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

Harvey Township is a township in Cowley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 83.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 94 to 83 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Harvey Township, 1877 to 1904

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Post officeThe Glen Grouse post office opens
  3. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1904Post officeThe Glen Grouse post office closes
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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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Glen CrouseGlen Grouse
Gone or out of use
Bocks SchoolschoolBox Oil FieldoilfieldDory Oil FieldoilfieldGrand Center SchoolschoolGrouse Creek Oil FieldoilfieldHannah Oil FieldoilfieldMahannah Oil FieldoilfieldMount Vernon Churchchurch
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Harvey Township
Glen GrouseMount VernonTimber Creek

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.

Windsor TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOmnia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion Center 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.