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History · Kipp

Kipp’s post office opened in 1890, and 36% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

1890first post office
0on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
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How Kipp began

When was Kipp founded?

1890

The Kipp post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 60136 years
Founding year: the first Kipp post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Kipp’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 Kipp are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18896 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1990. Watch Kipp change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kipp’s history is told.

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On the map

Kipp on the map, 1889 to 1990

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

Kipp on the 1889 USGS mapKipp on the 1894 USGS mapKipp on the 1955 USGS mapKipp on the 1978 USGS mapKipp on the 1985 USGS mapKipp on the 1990 USGS map1889Abilene 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 Kipp.

The story

How Kipp came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Kipp.

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A post office was opened in Kipp in 1890, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Kipp

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

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Dwight FryeActor · b. 1899
Adrianna FranchAmerican soccer player · b. 1990
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Bill WheatleyBasketball player · b. 1909
George MurdockAmerican film actor · b. 1930
Geraldine L. RichmondAmerican chemist and physicist · b. 1953
Bill Graves43rd Governor of Kansas · b. 1953

Questions about Kipp’s history

What year was Kipp founded?

The Kipp post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.