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History · Lockport Township

Lockport Township’s post office opened in 1887, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1896 on.

1887first post office
0on the National Register
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How Lockport Township began

When was Lockport Township founded?

1887

The Lockport Township post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Example (1886), Taw (1886) and Lockport (1887), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 465139 years
Founding year: the first Lockport Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lockport 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 Lockport Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18963 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1985. Watch Lockport Township change.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lockport Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lockport Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Lockport Township on the map, 1896 to 1985

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

Lockport Township on the 1896 USGS mapLockport Township on the 1969 USGS mapLockport Township on the 1985 USGS map1896Garden City 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 Lockport Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Example
1886–1913
Taw
1886–1913
Lockport
1887–1909
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
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1cemetery inside Lockport Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Lockport Township, in brief

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

Lockport Township is a township in Haskell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 465.

Its first post office opened in 1887. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 479 to 465 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Lockport Township, 1886 to 1913

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Example post office opens
  3. 1886Post officeThe Taw post office opens
  4. 1887Post officeThe Lockport post office opens
  5. 1896On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1909Post officeThe Lockport post office closes
  8. 1913Post officeThe Example post office closes
  9. 1913Post officeThe Taw 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 Lockport Township

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

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Victor OrtizAmerican boxer · b. 1987
Roy RomerAmerican politician · b. 1928
Tim HuelskampAmerican politician · b. 1968
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Katherine DunnAmerican novelist, journalist, poet · b. 1945
Chuck Reed64th mayor of San Jose, California · b. 1948
Otto SchnellbacherAmerican football and basketball player · b. 1923
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Haskell TownshipIts storyC−Seward TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCopeland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIvanhoe TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMertilla TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIngalls Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPierceville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lockport Township’s history

What year was Lockport Township founded?

The Lockport Township post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.