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History · St. Clere Township

St. Clere Township’s post office opened in 1874, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

1874first post office
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43%homes built before 1940
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How St. Clere Township began

When was St. Clere Township founded?

1874

The St. Clere Township post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Saint Clere (1874), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 49152 years
Founding year: the first St. Clere Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about St. Clere 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 writtenNo old photos of St. Clere Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18896 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1990. Watch St. Clere Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how St. Clere Township’s history is told.

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On the map

St. Clere Township on the map, 1889 to 1990

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

St. Clere Township on the 1889 USGS mapSt. Clere Township on the 1894 USGS mapSt. Clere Township on the 1964 USGS mapSt. Clere Township on the 1978 USGS mapSt. Clere Township on the 1985 USGS mapSt. Clere Township on the 1990 USGS map1889Wamego 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 St. Clere Township.

The story so far

St. Clere Township, in brief

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

St. Clere Township is a township in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 49.

Its first post office opened in 1874. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 72 to 49 (-32%).

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

Timeline

St. Clere Township, 1874 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Saint Clere post office opens
  3. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1953Post officeThe Saint Clere post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to St. Clere Township

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

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Si GriffisCanadian ice hockey player · b. 1883
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Frank WiziardeAmerican actor · b. 1916
Reed ChambersAmerican flying ace · b. 1894
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Frank BusheyAmerican baseball player · b. 1906
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Harold E. BoothAmerican politician · b. 1911
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
AikinsSaint Clere
1cemetery inside St. Clere Township
Saint Clere

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.

Lincoln TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEmmett TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenter TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVienna Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about St. Clere Township’s history

What year was St. Clere Township founded?

The St. Clere Township post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.