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History · Mineral Township

17% of Mineral Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1964 on.

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Mineral Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Mineral Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Mineral Township’s homes were built before 1962.
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The story so far

Mineral Township, in brief

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

Mineral Township is a township in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 203.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 216 to 203 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Mineral Township, 1903 to 1964

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903Post officeThe Skidmore post office opens
  3. 1915Post officeThe Skidmore post office closes
  4. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Mineral Township on the map, 1964 to 1991

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

Mineral Township on the 1964 USGS mapMineral Township on the 1986 USGS mapMineral Township on the 1991 USGS map1964Cherokee 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 Mineral Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Skidmore
Gone or out of use
Humble SchoolschoolMurphy SchoolschoolShawnee SchoolschoolSkidmore SchoolschoolStilsonlocale
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mineral Township
Hosey HillLone ElmSaint Bridget

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.

ScammonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCherokee TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCrawford 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 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.