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History · Hayes Township

The history of Hayes Township

Below: maps from 1894 on.

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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.On the map since 18943 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1985. Watch Hayes Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hayes Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Hayes Township on the map, 1894 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 1894 USGS mapHayes Township on the 1971 USGS mapHayes Township on the 1985 USGS map1894Lyons 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 Hayes Township.

The story

How Hayes Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hayes Township.

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The first township in Reno County was Reno Township, which covered the whole county upon its creation in 1872. From Reno Township and part of Rice County, Medford Township was created in 1874. Hayes Township would be split off from Medford Township in 1877. In the 1910s, Hayes Township was split into two, with the northern half becoming North Hayes Township. The two townships were merged back together in the 1970s.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Hayes Township, 1876 to 1905

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Peace Creek post office opens
  3. 1894On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Post officeThe Peace Creek post office closes
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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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Karl C. KingAmerican politician · b. 1897
Alva DuerAmerican basketball player-coach · b. 1904
Gary BanzAmerican politician · b. 1945
Roy SandersAmerican baseball player · b. 1892
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Lou BrockAmerican football player · b. 1917
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Norma WendelburgAmerican musician · b. 1918
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Peace Creeklocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hayes Township
Hayes TownshipHinshaw Family

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.

Bell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWalnut TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSylvia Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHuntsville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPutnam 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 Wikipedia, 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.