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History · Ninnescah Township

Ninnescah Township’s post office opened in 1871

Most of Ninnescah Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1963.

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How Ninnescah Township began

When was Ninnescah Township founded?

1871

The Ninnescah Township post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Ninnescah (1871), Hall (1880) and Seely (1880), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 915155 years
Founding year: the first Ninnescah Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ninnescah 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 Ninnescah Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Ninnescah Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Ninnescah Township’s homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ninnescah 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

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

Ninnescah
1871–1878
Hall
1880–1880
Seely
1880–1911
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
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Gone or out of use
Blue SchoolschoolGreen Valley SchoolschoolNinnescah SchoolschoolRed Top SchoolschoolRock Oil FieldoilfieldRock Southwest Oil FieldoilfieldSand Creek SchoolschoolSeelylocale
1cemetery inside Ninnescah Township
Ninnescah

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

The story so far

Ninnescah Township, in brief

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

Ninnescah Township is a township in Cowley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 915.

Its first post office opened in 1871. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,050 to 915 (-13%).

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

Timeline

Ninnescah Township, 1871 to 1911

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Ninnescah post office opens
  3. 1878Post officeThe Ninnescah post office closes
  4. 1880Post officeThe Hall post office opens
  5. 1880Post officeThe Hall post office closes
  6. 1880Post officeThe Seely post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1911Post officeThe Seely post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Ninnescah Township

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

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Eugene PalletteAmerican actor · b. 1889
Phyllis HaverAmerican actress · b. 1899
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Darren E. BurrowsAmerican actor · b. 1966
Ira DavenportAmerican track athlete, baseball player, Americ… · b. 1887
George W. HillAmerican film director and cinematographer · b. 1895
Jesse BeamsAmerican physicist · b. 1898
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Fairview TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVernon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGore TownshipIts storyB−Maple TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOxford Township1 historic placeA−

Questions about Ninnescah Township’s history

What year was Ninnescah Township founded?

The Ninnescah Township post office opened in 1871, 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 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.