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History · New Gottland Township

New Gottland Township’s post office opened in 1872

Most of New Gottland Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1965 on.

1872first post office
0on the National Register
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How New Gottland Township began

When was New Gottland Township founded?

1872

The New Gottland Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, New Gottland (1872) and Johnstown (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 448154 years
Founding year: the first New Gottland Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about New Gottland 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 New Gottland Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s New Gottland Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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Start New Gottland Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Gottland Township’s history is told.

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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.

New Gottland
1872–1883
Johnstown
1883–1904
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HiltonJohnstownNew Gottland
Gone or out of use
Lindsborg South Oil Fieldoilfield
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside New Gottland Township
Crestwood Memorial ParkKoons

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

The story

How New Gottland Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of New Gottland Township.

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A post office was opened in New Gottland in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1883.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

New Gottland Township, 1872 to 1965

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe New Gottland post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe New Gottland post office closes
  4. 1883Post officeThe Johnstown post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904Post officeThe Johnstown post office closes
  7. 1965On 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

New Gottland Township on the map, 1965 to 1985

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

New Gottland Township on the 1965 USGS mapNew Gottland Township on the 1979 USGS mapNew Gottland Township on the 1985 USGS map1965Mc Pherson North 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 New Gottland Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to New Gottland Township

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

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Ural Alexis JohnsonAmerican diplomat · b. 1908
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Wendell JohnsonAmerican psychologist · b. 1906
George Seanor RobbUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1887
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Bill McGillAmerican baseball player · b. 1880
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Del LundgrenAmerican baseball player · b. 1899
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Brad HillAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1962
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Smoky Hill Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarper TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelmore TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcPherson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about New Gottland Township’s history

What year was New Gottland Township founded?

The New Gottland Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikipedia, 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.