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History · McCamish Township

3 of McCamish Township’s places are on the National Register

Its Register listings are the Lanesfield School, the John McCarthy House and the Mt. Pleasant Four Corners Burying Grounds. Most of McCamish Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1956 on.

3on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about McCamish 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 story

How McCamish Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of McCamish Township.

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Richard D. McCamish was an early settler who founded the now extinct town of McCamish in 1857.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

McCamish Township, 1869 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869BuiltLanesfield School is built
  3. 1872Post officeThe Prairie Center post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902Post officeThe Prairie Center post office closes
  6. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

McCamish Township on the map, 1956 to 1978

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

McCamish Township on the 1956 USGS mapMcCamish Township on the 1978 USGS map1956Edgerton 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 McCamish Township.

On the National Register

3 historic places in McCamish Township

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

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1988
Lanesfield School
Lanesfield School, built 1869John McCarthy HouseMt. Pleasant Four Corners Burying Grounds
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Lanesfield SchoolBuilt 1869
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John McCarthy HouseBuilding · listed 2000Mt. Pleasant Four Corners Burying GroundsSite · listed 2021

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

Famous people

Famous people close to McCamish Township

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

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Baron CorbinAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1984
Larry ParksAmerican stage and movie actor · b. 1914
Charles RogersAmerican actor and jazz musician · b. 1904
John Anderson, Jr.36th Governor of Kansas · b. 1917
Bubba StarlingAmerican professional baseball player · b. 1992
Herbert S. HadleyAmerican politician · b. 1872
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Prairie Center
Gone or out of use
Edgerton QuarrymineKonitz AirportairportLanesfield SchoolschoolRound Oak Schoolschool
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside McCamish Township
AdamsEdgertonFour CornersPleasant ValleySaint Columbine

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.

EdgertonIts storyCGardner4 historic placesC+Gardner TownshipIts storyC−Richland Township1 historic placeA−Palmyra Township21 historic placesA−

Questions about McCamish Township’s history

What is on the National Register in McCamish Township?

Three places: the Lanesfield School (listed 1988), the John McCarthy House (2000) and the Mt. Pleasant Four Corners Burying Grounds (2021).

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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 (3), Wikipedia, 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.