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History · Plymouth Township

43% of Plymouth Township’s homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register. Below: maps from 1896 on and the census since 1880.

2on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Plymouth 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 Plymouth Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18964 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1985. Watch Plymouth Township change.Old housesHalf of Plymouth Township’s homes were built before 1953.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Plymouth Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Plymouth Township on the map, 1896 to 1985

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

Plymouth Township on the 1896 USGS mapPlymouth Township on the 1956 USGS mapPlymouth Township on the 1979 USGS mapPlymouth Township on the 1985 USGS map1896Russell 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 Plymouth Township.

The story so far

Plymouth Township, in brief

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

Plymouth Township is a township in Russell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 214.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 280 to 214 (-24%).

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

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 National Register

2 historic places in Plymouth Township

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

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National Historic Landmarks
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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.

People over time

Plymouth Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,20018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,134

Between 214 and 1,134 people in every census since 1880.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Plymouth Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Plymouth Township

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

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John KuckAmerican athletics competitor · b. 1905
Kelvin DroegemeierAmerican research meteorologist · b. 1958
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Fay ThomasAmerican baseball player · b. 1903
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Ted LivingstonAmerican football player · b. 1913
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C. W. E. JenningsAmerican businessman and state legislator · b. 1877
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Joshua SvatyAmerican politician in Kansas · b. 1977
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Davidson Oil FieldoilfieldThielen Airportairport
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Plymouth Township
ImmanuelSaint JosephSchreiner

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 TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWilson Township4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFairview Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNoble TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCleveland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDorrance2 historic placesnot 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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.