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History · Morland

Morland’s post office opened in 1892, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1979 on and the census since 1910.

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Quick answers

How Morland began

When was Morland founded?

1892

The Morland post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Beech Grove (1879) and Fremont (1881), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 237 in 19102020 census: 115134 years
Founding year: the first Morland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Morland’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 Morland are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 385 in 1930; 115 people lived here in 2020.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Morland.Old housesHalf of Morland’s homes were built before 1953.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Morland’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Morland, census by census

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Peaked at 385 in 1930; 115 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Morland’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Morland’s post office has been open since 1892. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Beech Grove
1879–1881
Fremont
1881–1892
Morland
1892–today
18701950today
1cemetery inside Morland
Morland

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

The story

How Morland came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Morland.

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The community was originally called Fremont when it was founded in 1884 and named after John C. Fremont. In order to avoid repetition with another Kansas community named "Fremont", the name was changed to Kalula in 1888, and was changed yet again to Morland in 1892. Morland was named for a railroad employee.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Morland, 1879 to 1979

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Beech Grove post office opens
  3. 1881Post officeThe Beech Grove post office closes
  4. 1881Post officeThe Fremont post office opens
  5. 1892Post officeThe Fremont post office closes
  6. 1892Post officeThe Morland post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1913Born hereHoward H. Bell is born here
  9. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 385
  10. 1979On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Morland, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Kansas - Morland Community Foundation Inc building (2017)2017Kansas - Morland Community Foundation Inc building (2…Map of Graham Co, Ks, USA2005Map of Graham Co, Ks, USAMap
On the map

Morland on the map, 1979 to 1985

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

Morland on the 1979 USGS mapMorland on the 1985 USGS map1979Morland 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 Morland.

Questions about Morland’s history

What year was Morland founded?

The Morland post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.