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History · Neosho Township

19% of Neosho Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1943 on.

0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Neosho 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 Neosho Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Neosho Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Neosho 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

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

Mathewson
1878–1914
Loneville
1884–1920
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
LanevilleStrauss
Gone or out of use
Fairview SchoolschoolNeosho Valley SchoolschoolNew Hope SchoolschoolValley Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Neosho Township
Fairview

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

The story so far

Neosho Township, in brief

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

Neosho Township is a township in Labette County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 160.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 182 to 160 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Neosho Township, 1878 to 1943

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1878Post officeThe Mathewson post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Loneville post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1914Post officeThe Mathewson post office closes
  6. 1920Post officeThe Loneville post office closes
  7. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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

Neosho Township on the map, 1943 to 1973

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

Neosho Township on the 1943 USGS mapNeosho Township on the 1973 USGS map1943McCune sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Neosho Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Neosho Township

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

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ZaSu PittsAmerican actress · b. 1894
Buck ClaytonAmerican jazz trumpeter · b. 1911
Jamie Anne AllmanAmerican actress · b. 1977
Shaun HillAmerican football player · b. 1980
T. Claude RyanAmerican aviator · b. 1898
William Richard ScottAmerican sociologist · b. 1932
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lincoln Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMontana TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOsage 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.