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History · Pleasant Township

63% of Pleasant Township’s homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register.

2on the National Register
63%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.Old housesHalf of Pleasant Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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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 Lincoln County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 419.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 413 in 2010, 419 in 2020.

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

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Pleasant Township

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

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts

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

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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Jessa CrispinAmerican literary critic, editor of Bookslut · b. 1978
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C. W. E. JenningsAmerican businessman and state legislator · b. 1877
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Don G. AbelAmerican judge · b. 1894
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Wolf Creek
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pleasant Township
Bethlehem LutheranSylvan Grove

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.

Fairview Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Pleasant Township’s history

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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 the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.