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History · Hoosier Township

18% of Hoosier Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Charles M. Prather Barn. Its Register listing is the Charles M. Prather Barn. Below: maps from 1892 on.

1on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hoosier 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 Hoosier Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18923 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1985. Watch Hoosier Township change.Old housesHalf of Hoosier Township’s homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hoosier Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Hoosier Township on the map, 1892 to 1985

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

Hoosier Township on the 1892 USGS mapHoosier Township on the 1967 USGS mapHoosier Township on the 1985 USGS map1892Kingman 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 Hoosier Township.

The story so far

Hoosier Township, in brief

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

Hoosier Township is a township in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 152.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 149 to 152 (+2%).

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

Timeline

Hoosier Township, 1892 to 1938

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1914Post officeThe Brownspur post office opens
  5. 1923Post officeThe Brownspur post office closes
  6. 1938BuiltCharles M. Prather Barn is built
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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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On the National Register

1 historic place in Hoosier Township

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2002
Charles M. Prather Barn
Charles M. Prather Barn, built 1938
Buildings
All 1 listings
Charles M. Prather BarnBuilding · listed 2002

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Hoosier Township

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

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Eugene John GerberCatholic bishop · b. 1931
Everett SheltonAmerican football player, basketball coach, col… · b. 1898
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Sarah SmarshAmerican nonficiton writer · b. 1980
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George AitonAmerican baseball player · b. 1890
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Joe SeiwertAmerican politician · b. 1951
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Jon GnagyAmerican artist · b. 1907
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Butler SchoolschoolHoosier SchoolschoolPleasant Hill SchoolschoolWoodford Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Hoosier Township
Hoosier

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.

Eureka TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLoda TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWhite TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Hoosier Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Hoosier Township?

One place: the Charles M. Prather Barn (listed 2002).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.