Haysville’s post office opened in 1877, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 24% of U.S. towns · #111 of 151 in Kansas. What drives it
Most of Haysville was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Its Register listing is the Vickers Petroleum Service Station. Below: maps from 1943 on and the census since 1960.
Founding year: the first Haysville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1891.The full story ↓
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What drives Haysville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Haysville is more historic than 24% of U.S. towns, #111 of 151 in Kansas. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Haysville’s overall grade.
Kansas towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Kansas town has 5.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Haysville’s 0.9 sits near the middle of its state (40% of Kansas towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share (±1.1 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata’s 1891 falls in the same era, so the grade doesn’t depend on which one is used.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Haysville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
W.W. Hays came to this area in the early 1870s. In 1891, he platted land that he owned so a town could be built.
The Haysville State Bank was established in 1919. Truck farming supported a lot of the families in the area. In 1874 a grist mill was built on the bank of the Cowskin to process corn that was harvested in the area. Haysville's first school was built in 1876 at a location that may have been near what are now the Water Department facilities.
The Haysville post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1891.
How does Haysville rank for history?
Haysville is more historic than 24% of U.S. towns, #111 of 151 in Kansas. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Haysville?
One place: the Vickers Petroleum Service Station (listed 2019).
How old are the homes in Haysville?
2% of Haysville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.1 points), against a typical 10% for a Kansas town; the median home was built in 1985.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
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