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History · Herzog Township

Herzog Township dates to 1873, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 71% of U.S. towns. What drives it

4 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 9 buildings. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1896 on, and the census since 1920.

1873founded
4on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Herzog Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Herzog Township began

When was Herzog Township founded?

1873

Herzog Township dates its founding to 1873 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1920.

First census: 600 in 19202020 census: 839153 years

How historic is Herzog Township?

B+

More historic than 71% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1873.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Herzog Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Herzog Township is more historic than 71% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Herzog Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1873, from Wikidata: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194017.6% of homes (±4.1) · typical KS town 10.3% · U.S. 8.4%BNational Register4 listings, 11 historic buildings, 67.4 per 10,000 residents · typical KS town 5.1 · U.S. 2.4A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 71%
NewerOlder

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 Herzog Township’s 67.4 sits above most of its state (94% of Kansas towns have fewer) while its 11 historic buildings outnumber those of 76% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1873.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.1 points).

Founding year: Wikidata (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 Herzog 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18963 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1985. Watch Herzog Township change.Landmarks on the Register4 places on the National Register.
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Start Herzog Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Herzog Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewVictoriaKanasaVolgaGermanStatue: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Herzog Township on the map, 1896 to 1985

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

Herzog Township on the 1896 USGS mapHerzog Township on the 1967 USGS mapHerzog Township on the 1985 USGS map1896Hays 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 Herzog Township.

On the National Register

4 historic places in Herzog Township

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

places listed
4
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
11
each building in a district counts
first listed
1972
Grant, George, Villa
Grant, George, VillaFort Fletcher Stone Arch BridgeBrungardt-Dreiling Farmstead
BuildingsDistrictsStructures
Grant, George, VillaBuilding
Fort Fletcher Stone Arch BridgeStructure
All 3 listings
Brungardt-Dreiling FarmsteadDistrict · listed 2016

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

The story

How Herzog Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Herzog Township.

Read it all →

The town site originated in the 1867 construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway into western Kansas to connect St. Louis to Denver and to open the land to settlement. The railroad's sudden rerouting and construction west of Junction City was opposed by a Cheyenne military society who attacked the Campbell camp who were establishing a bridge grade across the North Fork of Big Creek at this location (pictured). Commanded by Captain George Armes, the immediate U.S. military response resulted in the Battle of the Saline River, which was followed by two years of open conflict.

ChaptersVictoria ColonyHerzogVictoria Auxiliary FieldBypassed by the Interstate

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Herzog Township, 1873 to 1904

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873
    FoundingHerzog Township is established
  3. 1873Post officeThe Walker post office opens
  4. 1896On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1903Post officeThe Emmeram post office opens
  7. 1904Post officeThe Emmeram post office closes
By decade

Herzog Township, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
VictoriaKanasaVolgaGermanStatueDate?VictoriaKanasaVolgaGermanStatue
Today2 recent
Detailed map of Victoria, Kansas2010Detailed map of Victoria, KansasMapKSMap-doton-Victoria2004KSMap-doton-Victoria
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

VictoriaKanasaVolgaGermanStatue
Retake this viewVictoriaKanasaVolgaGermanStatue

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Herzog Township’s page.

Retake this view · +15
People over time

Herzog Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,400192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,328

Between 600 and 1,328 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Herzog Township’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

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

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

Walker
1873–today
Emmeram
1903–1904
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EmmeramWalker
Gone or out of use
Airbase East Oil FieldoilfieldAirbase Oil FieldoilfieldBlue Hill Southeast Oil FieldoilfieldEmmeram Northeast Oil FieldoilfieldEmmeram Oil FieldoilfieldVictoria Pratt Airportairport
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Herzog Township
Sacred HeartSaint AnnsSaint BonifaceSaint Fidelis

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.

Buckeye TownshipIts storyB−Freedom TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townParadise Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBig Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBig Creek Township2 historic placesC+Township 12Its storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Herzog Township’s history

What year was Herzog Township founded?

In 1873, according to Wikidata. Herzog Township’s post office opened in 1873, and the census of 1920 counted 600 people here.

How does Herzog Township rank for history?

Herzog Township is more historic than 71% of U.S. towns. 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 Herzog Township?

4 listings: 1 building, among them the Grant, George, Villa (listed 1972, the first), 1 historic district, the Brungardt-Dreiling Farmstead, with 9 contributing buildings, and 1 structure. 11 historic buildings in all.

How old are the homes in Herzog Township?

18% of Herzog Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.1 points), against a typical 10% for a Kansas town; the median home was built in 1969.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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.