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History · Medford Township

54% of Medford Township’s homes were built before 1940

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54%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Medford 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 Medford Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Medford Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story

How Medford Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Medford Township.

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The first township in Reno County was Reno Township, which covered the whole county upon its creation in 1872. The first settler in what would become Medford Township was R. D. Kelsey, who settled there in the fall of 1873. In 1874, Medford Township separated from Reno Township. Later, in 1877, Hayes Township would split off and in 1879 Enterprise Township would also split off.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Medford Township

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

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Marcia RoddAmerican actor · b. 1938
Karl C. KingAmerican politician · b. 1897
Jerry VasconcellsAmerican aviation pioneer · b. 1892
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Milton R. WolfAmerican politician and physician · b. 1971
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Alexander Pearson, Jr.American aviator · b. 1895
Alva DuerAmerican basketball player-coach · b. 1904
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Sterling Oil FieldoilfieldSterling Southwest Oil Fieldoilfield

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.

Sterling TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEnterprise TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWalnut TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalt Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikipedia 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.