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History · Munjor

Munjor’s post office opened in 1881, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1961 on.

1881first post office
0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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How Munjor began

When was Munjor founded?

1881

The Munjor post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 232145 years
Founding year: the first Munjor post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Munjor’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Munjor came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Munjor.

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The Munjor community was one of six settlements founded in 1876 by Volga German immigrants from Russia. Their German ancestors had immigrated to the Volga Region of Russia around 1767 at the invitation of Catherine the Great in 1763. Catherine invited the German people to Russia to develop the vast steppes and promised them land, freedom from military conscription and religious freedom. By about 1870 these privileges were at risk. Because of impending military conscription and loss of religious freedom, the communities of German settlers along the Volga River elected five men to act as scouts to inspect the prospects of life in America. Peter Leiker (of Obermonjou), Peter Stecklien (of Zug), Anton Wasinger (of Schönchen), Nicholas Schamme (of Graf), and Jacob Ritter (of Luzern) left from Obermonjou, Russia in 1874, landed in New York City and traveled westward as far as Nebraska. They f…

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By decade

Munjor, decade by decade

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On the map

Munjor on the map, 1961 to 1983

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

Munjor on the 1961 USGS mapMunjor on the 1974 USGS mapMunjor on the 1983 USGS map1961Hays South 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 Munjor.

Then & now

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Famous people

Famous people close to Munjor

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

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Bob DoleAmerican politician · b. 1923
John L. Allen Jr.American journalist and writer · b. 1965
Marj DusayAmerican actress · b. 1936
Ron BakerAmerican basketball player · b. 1993
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Jeff ColyerAmerican politician in Kansas · b. 1960
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Philip AnschutzAmerican billionaire businessman · b. 1939

Questions about Munjor’s history

What year was Munjor founded?

The Munjor post office opened in 1881, 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 the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.