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History · Sand Creek Township

Sand Creek Township dates to 1873

Most of Sand Creek Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1963. Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1892 on, and the census since 1880.

1873founded
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From Sand Creek Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Sand Creek Township began

When was Sand Creek Township founded?

1873

Sand Creek Township dates its founding to 1873 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1880.

First census: 296 in 18802020 census: 26153 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1885.The full story ↓

What stands out about Sand Creek 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 writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18923 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1985. Watch Sand Creek Township change.Boom and bustPeaked at 6,858 in 1930; 4,055 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Sand Creek Township’s homes were built before 1963.
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Start Sand Creek Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewBirds eye view Meade, Kans: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Sand Creek Township on the map, 1892 to 1985

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

Sand Creek Township on the 1892 USGS mapSand Creek Township on the 1972 USGS mapSand Creek Township on the 1985 USGS map1892Meade 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 Sand Creek Township.

People over time

Sand Creek Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005,0005,5006,0006,5007,0007,50018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 6,858

Peaked at 6,858 in 1930; 4,055 people lived here in 2020.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

The story

How Sand Creek Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Sand Creek Township.

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In 1873, Meade County was established. The first permanent settlement in the county was established in 1878 at Meade City, 12 miles north of the city of Meade. Pearlette was settled shortly thereafter in 1879 by a company of sixteen families from Zanesville, Ohio led by John Jobling. The railroad first entered the country in 1887, ending a decade in which supplies had to be hauled from Dodge City.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Sand Creek Township, 1873 to 1930

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873
    FoundingSand Creek Township is established
  3. 1885Post officeThe Lakeland post office opens
  4. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1912In the archiveBirds eye view Meade, Kans
  7. 1924Post officeThe Lakeland post office closes
  8. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 6,858
By decade

Sand Creek Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s2 items
Birds eye view Meade, Kans1912Birds eye view Meade, KansPostcardBirds eye view Meade, Kans1912Birds eye view Meade, KansPostcard
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Date unknown1 to date
A history of Meade County, KansasDate?A history of Meade County, KansasBook
Today3 recent
KSMap-doton-Plains2004KSMap-doton-PlainsKSMap-doton-Meade2004KSMap-doton-MeadeKSMap-doton-Fowler2004KSMap-doton-Fowler
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Birds eye view Meade, Kans
Retake this viewBirds eye view Meade, Kans, 1912

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Sand Creek Township’s page.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Lakeland, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
GreenswardlocaleLakelandlocalePainter Landing Stripairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sand Creek Township
ButlerKleine Gemeinde

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Englewood TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sand Creek Township’s history

What year was Sand Creek Township founded?

In 1873, according to Wikidata. Sand Creek Township’s post office opened in 1885, and the census of 1880 counted 296 people here.

Memory lane

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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.