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History · Larrabee Township

66% of Larrabee Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1974 on.

0on the National Register
66%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Larrabee 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 Larrabee Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Larrabee Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story so far

Larrabee Township, in brief

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

Larrabee Township is a township in Gove County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 58.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 61 to 58 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Larrabee Township, 1887 to 1974

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Alanthus post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1917Post officeThe Alanthus post office closes
  5. 1974On 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.

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On the map

Larrabee Township on the map, 1974 to 1985

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

Larrabee Township on the 1974 USGS mapLarrabee Township on the 1985 USGS map1974Gove SE sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Larrabee Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Alanthus
Gone or out of use
Castle Rock Ranch Airportairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Larrabee Township
AlanthusMorning Star

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.

Baker Township1 historic placeA−White Rock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJerome TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCollyer Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPayne TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOhio Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.