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History · Lola Township

Lola Township’s post office opened in 1867, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1947 on.

1867first post office
0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
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How Lola Township began

When was Lola Township founded?

1867

The Lola Township post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Lola (1867), Hallowell (1878) and Sherwin City (1886), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 288159 years
Founding year: the first Lola Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lola Township’s past

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

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lola Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lola Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Lola
1867–1868
Hallowell
1878–1985
Sherwin City
1886–1887
Sherwin Junction
1887–1950
Sherwin
1950–1953
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HallowellSherwin
Gone or out of use
Diamond SchoolschoolGlobe SchoolschoolMilam SchoolschoolPioneer SchoolschoolRichland Valley SchoolschoolSchool Number 90school
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lola Township
CherokeeDoveGarrisonSpickelmire

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

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Lola Township, in brief

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

Lola Township is a township in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 288.

Its first post office opened in 1867. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 344 to 288 (-16%).

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

Timeline

Lola Township, 1867 to 1985

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Post officeThe Lola post office opens
  3. 1868Post officeThe Lola post office closes
  4. 1878Post officeThe Hallowell post office opens
  5. 1886Post officeThe Sherwin City post office opens
  6. 1887Post officeThe Sherwin City post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1985Post officeThe Hallowell post office closes
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

Lola Township on the map, 1947 to 1974

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

Lola Township on the 1947 USGS mapLola Township on the 1954 USGS mapLola Township on the 1974 USGS map1947Joplin sheet · 1:250,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Lola Township

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

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Carson RobisonAmerican musician, singer and songwriter · b. 1890
Thomas Daniel WinterAmerican politician · b. 1896
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Candy LovingAmerican actress and model (b. 1956) · b. 1956
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Elizabeth W. CrandallAmerican academic, home economist, author, envi… · b. 1914
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Merle EvansAmerican circus bandmaster and composer · b. 1894
Norma TerrisAmerican actress and singer · b. 1904
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Sheridan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOswego TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalamanca TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNeosho TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lola Township’s history

What year was Lola Township founded?

The Lola Township post office opened in 1867, 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.