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History · Hayes Township

31% of Hayes Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1964 on.

0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hayes 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 Hayes Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Hayes Township.Old housesHalf of Hayes Township’s homes were built before 1958.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hayes Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Monitor
1874–1902
Alpha
1880–1897
18701950today
Gone or out of use
AlphalocaleMonitorlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hayes Township
AmishAndover Lutheran Church

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

The story so far

Hayes Township, in brief

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

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 277 to 301 (+9%).

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

Timeline

Hayes Township, 1874 to 1964

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Monitor post office opens
  3. 1880Post officeThe Alpha post office opens
  4. 1897Post officeThe Alpha post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1902Post officeThe Monitor post office closes
  7. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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

Hayes Township on the map, 1964 to 1985

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

Hayes Township on the 1964 USGS mapHayes Township on the 1979 USGS mapHayes Township on the 1985 USGS map1964Conway 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 Hayes Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Hayes Township

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

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Richard ThorpeAmerican actor and film director · b. 1896
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Dallas BixlerGymnast · b. 1910
Kevin YoderAmerican politician · b. 1976
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Sandra MyersSpanish athletics competitor · b. 1961
Scott HeimNovelist · b. 1966
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Bruce ConnerAmerican artist · b. 1933
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Rockville Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLittle Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCastle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGroveland 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.