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History · Lincoln Township

100% of Lincoln Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Washington County Kingpost. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1889 on, and the census since 1880.

1on the National Register
100%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Lincoln Township’s archive · credits on each photo

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 writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18894 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1983. Watch Lincoln Township change.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,761 in 1940; 1,171 people lived here in 2020.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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Start Lincoln Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lincoln Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewBloemzak 'Roller Mills', asset u1PdafDn…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Lincoln Township on the map, 1889 to 1983

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 1889 USGS mapLincoln Township on the 1894 USGS mapLincoln Township on the 1968 USGS mapLincoln Township on the 1983 USGS map1889Marysville 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 Lincoln Township.

People over time

Lincoln Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001,80018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,761

Peaked at 1,761 in 1940; 1,171 people lived here in 2020.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lincoln Township’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Lincoln Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lincoln Township.

Read it all →

Settler George Green founded the town of Lincoln in 1870, naming it after the county. "Center" was added to its name to indicate its location in the central part of the county. County residents initially voted to place the county seat in Lincoln Center. Elections in November 1870 resulted in the seat relocating to nearby Abram, sparking a county seat war. Another vote in February 1872 reversed the switch, and Lincoln Center again became the county seat. Residents relocated all the buildings in Abram to Lincoln, merging the two communities. The town was incorporated as the city of Lincoln Center in 1879, and is officially referred to as such in the United States Census. Both the city government and local chamber of commerce refer to the city as Lincoln, and it appears as such on state maps and signs.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Lincoln Township, 1863 to 1940

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1863Post officeThe Parallel post office opens
  3. 1870Post officeThe Chepstow post office opens
  4. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1905Post officeThe Parallel post office closes
  7. 1905Post officeThe Chepstow post office closes
  8. 1914In the archiveBloemzak 'Roller Mills', asset u1PdafDnRXfIIaVkFSXzYv8Z
  9. 1922In the archiveKanchristcollege
  10. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 1,761
By decade

Lincoln Township, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1910s to the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s–1920s2 items
Bloemzak 'Roller Mills', asset u1PdafDnRXfIIaVkFSXzYv8Z1914Bloemzak 'Roller Mills', asset u1PdafDnRXfIIaVkFSXzYv…Kanchristcollege1922Kanchristcollege
1930s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today2 recent
Detailed map of Lincoln, Kansas2010Detailed map of Lincoln, KansasMapKSMap-doton-Lincoln Center2004KSMap-doton-Lincoln Center
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Bloemzak 'Roller Mills', asset u1PdafDnRXfIIaVkFSXzYv8Z
Retake this viewBloemzak 'Roller Mills', asset u1PdafDnRXfIIaVkFSXzYv8Z, 1914

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Lincoln Township’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Lincoln Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1990
Washington County Kingpost
Washington County Kingpost
Structures
All 1 listings
Washington County KingpostStructure · listed 1990

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

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.

Parallel
1863–1905
Chepstow
1870–1905
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Chepstow
Gone or out of use
ParallellocalePotts Landing Stripairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lincoln Township
ChepstowSpring Valley

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.

Barnes TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKimeo TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCottage Hill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMay Day 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 Washington County Kingpost (listed 1990).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.