The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Satanta.
The first post office in Satanta was established in October 1912.
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C−History
History · Satanta
Satanta’s post office opened in 1912
More historic than 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Most of Satanta was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1963.
1912first post office
0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
2famous people
Quick answers
How Satanta began
When was Satanta founded?
1912
The Satanta post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 1,092114 years
How historic is Satanta?
C−
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 16% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Satanta post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Satanta’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Satanta is more historic than 16% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Satanta’s overall grade.
Founding era1912, from the first post office: founded 1900–1944, an older era than 9% of U.S. townsDHomes built before 19409.7% of homes (±6.4) · typical KS town 10.3% · U.S. 8.4%B−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical KS town 5.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 16%
NewerOlder
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 Satanta’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (19% of Kansas towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.4 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Satanta’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 Satanta’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Satanta’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Satanta, 1912 to 1956
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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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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Questions about Satanta’s history
What year was Satanta founded?
The Satanta post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Satanta rank for history?
Satanta is more historic than 16% of U.S. towns. 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 Satanta?
10% of Satanta’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.4 points), against a typical 10% for a Kansas town; the median home was built in 1963.
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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).
From Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.