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History · Nevada Township

Nevada Township’s post office opened in 1879, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1893 on.

1879first post office
1on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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How Nevada Township began

When was Nevada Township founded?

1879

The Nevada Township post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Nevada (1879), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 343147 years
Founding year: the first Nevada Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Nevada 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 Nevada Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Nevada Township’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nevada Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Nevada Township, in brief

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

Nevada Township is a township in Ness County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 343.

Its first post office opened in 1879. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 415 to 343 (-17%).

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

Timeline

Nevada Township, 1879 to 1893

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Nevada post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Nevada post office closes
  4. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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

Nevada Township on the map, 1893 to 1985

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

Nevada Township on the 1893 USGS mapNevada Township on the 1985 USGS map1893Ellis 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 Nevada Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Nevada Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Nevada Township

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

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Ruth RileyAmerican basketball player · b. 1979
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Elon HogsettMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1903
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Gilmore KinneyAmerican college basketball player · b. 1886
Tim BeckAmerican football player and coach · b. 1964
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
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Gone or out of use
Nevadalocale
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Nevada Township
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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.

Center Township2 historic placesAForrester TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWaring TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOhio Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWaKeeney Township4 historic placesB+

Questions about Nevada Township’s history

What year was Nevada Township founded?

The Nevada Township post office opened in 1879, 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 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.