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History · Santa Fe Township

82% of Santa Fe Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them the Fort Larned National Historic Site, a National Historic Landmark, and a historic district with 9 buildings.

1on the National Register
82%homes built before 1940
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On the National Register

1 listing protects 9 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmark
1
Fort Larned National Historic Site
historic buildings protected
9
each building in a district counts
first listed
1966
Fort Larned National Historic Site
Fort Larned National Historic Site★
Districts★ landmark
★ Landmark
Fort Larned National Historic SiteDistrict

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
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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.

Pawnee TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOrange TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasant Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPleasant Ridge TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Santa Fe Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Santa Fe Township?

One place: the Fort Larned National Historic Site (listed 1966).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.