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History · Lincoln Township

1 of Lincoln Township’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Oak Grove School, District 20. Most of Lincoln Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1943 on.

1on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lincoln 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 Lincoln Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lincoln Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lincoln 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.
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Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Valley City
1867–1871
South Mound
1872–1972
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
South Mound
Gone or out of use
Island SchoolschoolLakeview SchoolschoolMentor SchoolschoolOak Grove SchoolschoolUnion SchoolschoolValley City Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lincoln Township
BrownOak GroveRichlandValley City

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Lincoln Township, in brief

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

Lincoln Township is a township in Neosho County, Kansas, United States.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 310 to 254 (-18%).

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

Timeline

Lincoln Township, 1867 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Post officeThe Valley City post office opens
  3. 1871Post officeThe Valley City post office closes
  4. 1872Post officeThe South Mound post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1972Post officeThe South Mound 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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On the map

Lincoln Township on the map, 1943 to 1973

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

Lincoln Township on the 1943 USGS mapLincoln Township on the 1973 USGS map1943McCune sheet · 1:62,500

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Lincoln 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
2016
Oak Grove School, District 20
Oak Grove School, District 20
Buildings
All 1 listings
Oak Grove School, District 20Building · listed 2016

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Lincoln Township

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

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ZaSu PittsAmerican actress · b. 1894
Buck ClaytonAmerican jazz trumpeter · b. 1911
Jamie Anne AllmanAmerican actress · b. 1977
Dennis HaydenAmerican actor · b. 1952
Shaun HillAmerican football player · b. 1980
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Carl GregoryAmerican cinematographer · b. 1882
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Neosho TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMission Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLadore TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOsage TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSouth MoundIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lincoln Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Lincoln Township?

One place: the Oak Grove School, District 20 (listed 2016).

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.