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History · Ross Township

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

2 places in town are on the National Register.

2on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Ross Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages8 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Ross Township, and 10 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ross Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Ross Township’s homes were built before 1956.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Millersburgh
1868–1876
Cherry
1882–1895
Newcastle
1883–1885
Stippville
1885–1915
Turck
1889–1891
Cokedale
1899–1906
Stone City
1900–1918
Carona
1905–1988
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CaronaCokedaleEast MineralHamilton CampMackieMayerMonte CarloStippvilleStone CityTurck
Gone or out of use
Belleview SchoolschoolCamp Number FortytwolocaleCherrylocaleFleminglocaleImmaculate Conception ChurchchurchMaplewood SchoolschoolMillersburg SchoolschoolMiriam SchoolschoolPleasant Hill Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Ross Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ross Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Ross Township, in brief

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

Ross Township is a township in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 650.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 782 to 650 (-17%).

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

Timeline

Ross Township, 1868 to 1895

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1868Post officeThe Millersburgh post office opens
  3. 1876Post officeThe Millersburgh post office closes
  4. 1882Post officeThe Cherry post office opens
  5. 1883Post officeThe Newcastle post office opens
  6. 1885Post officeThe Newcastle post office closes
  7. 1895Post officeThe Cherry post office closes
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 Ross Township

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
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 Ross Township

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

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Roy GlennAmerican actor · b. 1914
Dale R. CorsonAmerican scientist · b. 1914
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Ed NealyAmerican basketball player · b. 1960
Lee AllenAmerican saxophonist · b. 1926
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Ronald Michael GilmoreCatholic bishop · b. 1942
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Samuel MartinAmerican orientalist · b. 1924
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Sheridan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalamanca 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 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.