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History · Little Walnut Township

Little Walnut Township’s post office opened in 1871, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1963 on.

1871first post office
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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How Little Walnut Township began

When was Little Walnut Township founded?

1871

The Little Walnut Township post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Quito (1870), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 939155 years
Founding year: the first Little Walnut Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Little Walnut Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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

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The story so far

Little Walnut Township, in brief

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

Little Walnut Township is a township in Butler County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,002.

Its first post office opened in 1871. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,044 to 939 (-10%).

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

Timeline

Little Walnut Township, 1870 to 1963

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Quito post office opens
  3. 1881Post officeThe Quito post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1963On 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

Little Walnut Township on the map, 1963 to 1979

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

Little Walnut Township on the 1963 USGS mapLittle Walnut Township on the 1979 USGS map1963Leon 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 Little Walnut Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Little Walnut Township

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

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Edward R. WeidleinAmerican chemist · b. 1887
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Ernie BlandinAmerican football player · b. 1919
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Kristey WilliamsAmerican politician · b. 1970
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Emily MorganAmerican nurse · b. 1878
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Garden-Reynolds-Shaffer Oil FieldoilfieldKramer-Stern Oil FieldoilfieldLeon Oil Fieldoilfield
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Little Walnut Township
LeonQuito

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.

Glencoe Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLogan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpring TownshipIts storyC−Prospect TownshipIts storyC−

Questions about Little Walnut Township’s history

What year was Little Walnut Township founded?

The Little Walnut Township post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 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.