Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 20% of U.S. towns · #120 of 151 in Kansas. What drives it
Most of Sherlock Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1891 on.
The Sherlock Township post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 20% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Sherlock Township is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns, #120 of 151 in Kansas. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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 Sherlock Township’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.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sherlock Township’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sherlock Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sherlock Township.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sherlock Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Sherlock Township is a township in Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,958.
Its first post office opened in 1878. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,789 to 2,958 (+6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Nobody well known was born in Sherlock Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Sherlock Township post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Sherlock Township is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns, #120 of 151 in Kansas. 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.
5% of Sherlock Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.7 points), against a typical 10% for a Kansas town; the median home was built in 1987.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.
