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History · Pleasant Township

Half of Pleasant Township’s homes were built after 1990

Most of Pleasant Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1957 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Pleasant 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 Pleasant Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Pleasant Township, in brief

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

Pleasant Township is a township in Harvey County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 457.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 400 to 457 (+14%).

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

By decade

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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

Pleasant Township on the map, 1957 to 1989

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

Pleasant Township on the 1957 USGS mapPleasant Township on the 1978 USGS mapPleasant Township on the 1989 USGS map1957Elbing 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 Pleasant Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Pleasant Township

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

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Shirley KnightAmerican actress · b. 1936
Katie SowersAmerican football coach · b. 1986
Duane D. ThiessenUnited States Marine Corps general · b. 1951
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Ira AndersAmerican politician · b. 1942
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Lyle YostAmerican inventor · b. 1913
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Mike KingBusinessman
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Kelly Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pleasant Township
Grace Hill Mennonite ChurchHorace Hays GravesiteMission

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.

Richland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWalton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNewton Township3 historic placesB−Fairmount Township1 historic placenot 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 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.