The story
Read it all →How Kickapoo Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Kickapoo Township.
Kickapoo was laid out in 1854. It was named after the Kickapoo people.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Kickapoo Township
Kickapoo Township dates to 1854, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 64% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listings are the David W. Powers House, the Hund School and the St. Thomas Hospital. Its Register listings are the David W. Powers House, the Hund School and the St. Thomas Hospital. Below: maps from 1950 on.
1854founded
3on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Kickapoo Township began, and where its name came from
When was Kickapoo Township founded?
1854
Kickapoo Township dates its founding to 1854 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1855.
2020 census: 1,763172 years
How did Kickapoo Township get its name?
Kickapoo Township was named after the Kickapoo people.
How historic is Kickapoo Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 64% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1855. Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Kickapoo Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Kickapoo Township is more historic than 64% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Kickapoo Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1854, from Wikipedia: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194015.5% of homes (±12.1) · typical KS town 10.3% · U.S. 8.4%BNational Register3 listings, 4 historic buildings, 24.4 per 10,000 residents · typical KS town 5.1 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 64%
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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 Kickapoo Township’s 24.4 sits above most of its state (84% of Kansas towns have fewer) while its 4 historic buildings outnumber those of 68% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikipedia alone; no second source gives 1854.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±12.1 points).
Founding year: Wikipedia (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 Kickapoo Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Six other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Kickapoo City
Pleasant Ridge
Hund's Station
Mount Olivet
Lowemont
Kickapoo
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
KickapooLowemont
Gone or out of use
Coffin SchoolschoolFort BridgebridgeGlen Valley SchoolschoolHund SchoolschoolHunds StationlocaleJunction SchoolschoolMount OlivetlocaleMount Olivet SchoolschoolPleasant Ridgelocale
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Kickapoo Township
BranscomKickapoo MemorialKickapoo Sacred HeartMount OlivetPleasant RidgeSons of TruthThorn Hill
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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Start Kickapoo Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kickapoo Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Kickapoo Township, 1854 to 1950
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1854FoundingKickapoo Township is established
- 1855Post officeThe Kickapoo City post office opens
- 1862Post officeThe Pleasant Ridge post office opens
- 1873Post officeThe Hund's Station post office opens
- 1895Post officeThe Pleasant Ridge post office closes
- 20th century
- 1901Post officeThe Hund's Station post office closes
- 1902Post officeThe Kickapoo City post office closes
- 1939
BuiltHund School is built - 1950
On 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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
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Kickapoo Township on the map, 1950 to 1984
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Kickapoo Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1950Easton sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Kickapoo Township.
On the National Register
3 historic places in Kickapoo Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts
first listed
1977
David W. Powers House
Buildings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Kickapoo Township
Nobody well known was born in Kickapoo Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Hilda ClarkAmerican model and actress · b. 1872Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Kickapoo Township’s history
What year was Kickapoo Township founded?
In 1854, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Kickapoo Township’s post office opened in 1855.
How does Kickapoo Township rank for history?
Kickapoo Township is more historic than 64% 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 Kickapoo Township?
Three places: the David W. Powers House (listed 1977), the Hund School (2000) and the St. Thomas Hospital (2013).
How old are the homes in Kickapoo Township?
16% of Kickapoo Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±12.1 points), against a typical 10% for a Kansas town; the median home was built in 1983.
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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 the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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.