The story
Read it all →How Riverside Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Riverside Township.
Riverside Township was created from part of Gypsum Township and Waco Township in the 1910s.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Riverside Township
1 of Riverside Township’s places is on the National Register
More historic than 19% of U.S. towns · #126 of 151 in Kansas. What drives it
Most of Riverside Township was built recently: 0.7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Below: maps from 1943 on.
1on the National Register
0.7%homes built before 1940
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About Riverside Township’s history
How historic is Riverside Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 19% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Riverside Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Riverside Township is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns, #126 of 151 in Kansas. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Riverside Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19400.7% of homes (±0.5) · typical KS town 10.3% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register1 listing, 0.8 per 10,000 residents · typical KS town 5.1 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 19%
NewerOlder
Kansas towns of 2,500+ (151)Ahead of 17%
Kansas towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Kansas town has 5.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Riverside Township’s 0.8 sits near the middle of its state (40% of Kansas towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±0.5 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Riverside Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out
Start Riverside Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Riverside Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Places that used to be
Old corners and places now gone
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
ConnellDeer Lake Mobile Home EstatesEnglewood Mobile Home ParkKeelerOaklawnPinaire Mobile Home ParkSunview Mobile Home Park
Gone or out of use
Blood SchoolschoolCarlton SchoolschoolSouth Wichita Schoolschool
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
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Riverside Township on the map, 1943 to 1982
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Riverside Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1943Derby sheet · 1:31,680U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Riverside Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Riverside Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
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
See all →Famous people close to Riverside Township
Nobody well known was born in Riverside Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Riverside Township’s history
How does Riverside Township rank for history?
Riverside Township is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns, #126 of 151 in Kansas. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Riverside Township?
0.7% of Riverside Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 10% for a Kansas town; the median home was built in 1982.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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).
From Wikipedia, 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.