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History · Roosevelt Township

The history of Roosevelt Township

Below: maps from 1951 on.

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What stands out about Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Roosevelt Township.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Decatur
1874–1900
Vallonia
1879–1887
18701950today
Gone or out of use
DecaturlocaleVallonialocaleVallonia Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Roosevelt Township
Edwards Maple

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

The story so far

Roosevelt Township, in brief

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

Roosevelt Township is a township in Decatur County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 18 to 7 (-61%).

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

Timeline

Roosevelt Township, 1874 to 1951

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Decatur post office opens
  3. 1879Post officeThe Vallonia post office opens
  4. 1887Post officeThe Vallonia post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1900Post officeThe Decatur post office closes
  7. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Roosevelt Township on the map, 1951 to 1985

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

Roosevelt Township on the 1951 USGS mapRoosevelt Township on the 1965 USGS mapRoosevelt Township on the 1985 USGS map1951Kanona sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Roosevelt Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Roosevelt Township

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

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Brun CampbellAmerican ragtime composer · b. 1884
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Dewey AdkinsAmerican baseball player · b. 1918
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Elmer HackneyAmerican football player · b. 1916
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lincoln Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOlive TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarlan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAltory TownshipIts storynot 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, 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.