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History · Mission Township

47% of Mission Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1888 on.

0on the National Register
47%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Mission 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 Mission Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Mission Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 18885 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1990. Watch Mission Township change.Old housesHalf of Mission Township’s homes were built before 1952.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mission Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

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

Claytonville
1857–1882
Baker
1882–1933
Germantown
1897–1918
Mercier
1918–1972
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BakerMercier
Gone or out of use
Clayton Villelocale
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mission Township
ClaytonvilleKennekukSaint Leos CatholicSaint Peter's

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

On the map

Mission Township on the map, 1888 to 1990

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

Mission Township on the 1888 USGS mapMission Township on the 1894 USGS mapMission Township on the 1961 USGS mapMission Township on the 1985 USGS mapMission Township on the 1990 USGS map1888Hiawatha 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 Mission Township.

The story so far

Mission Township, in brief

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

Mission Township is a township in Brown County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 645.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 556 in 2010, 550 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Mission Township, 1857 to 1933

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Claytonville post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Claytonville post office closes
  4. 1882Post officeThe Baker post office opens
  5. 1888On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1897Post officeThe Germantown post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1918Post officeThe Germantown post office closes
  9. 1933Post officeThe Baker post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

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Famous people

Famous people close to Mission Township

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

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Bernard W. RogersFormer Chief of Staff of the United States Army · b. 1921
Joe TinkerAmerican baseball player, manager · b. 1880
Martin E. TrappAmerican politician · b. 1877
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John Joseph SullivanCatholic bishop · b. 1920
William P. LambertsonAmerican politician · b. 1880
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Robert Hardy AndrewsAmerican writer · b. 1903
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Horton3 historic placesA−Hiawatha Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPowhattan Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrasshopper 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.