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History · Lake Township

24% of Lake Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lake 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 Lake Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18897 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1990. Watch Lake Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lake Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Lake Township on the map, 1889 to 1990

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

Lake Township on the 1889 USGS mapLake Township on the 1891 USGS mapLake Township on the 1901 USGS mapLake Township on the 1958 USGS mapLake Township on the 1978 USGS mapLake Township on the 1985 USGS mapLake Township on the 1990 USGS map1889Cheney 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 Lake Township.

The story so far

Lake Township, in brief

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

Lake Township is a township in Harvey County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 170.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 158 to 170 (+8%).

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

Timeline

Lake Township, 1888 to 1927

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Patterson post office opens
  3. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1927Post officeThe Patterson post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Lake Township

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

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Colton HaynesAmerican actor and model · b. 1986
Milburn StoneActor · b. 1904
Adolph RuppAmerican college basketball coach · b. 1901
Miles UkaomaNigerian athlete · b. 1992
Howard J. McMurrayAmerican politician · b. 1901
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Jim RoperAmerican racing driver · b. 1916
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Patterson
Gone or out of use
Enterprise Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lake Township
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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.

Valley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreeley TownshipIts storyBLakin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBurrton TownshipIts storyB−

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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 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.