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History · Township 10

38% of Township 10’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1896 on.

0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Township 10’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 Township 10 are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18963 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1985. Watch Township 10 change.Old housesHalf of Township 10’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Township 10’s history is told.

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On the map

Township 10 on the map, 1896 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Township 10. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Township 10 on the 1896 USGS mapTownship 10 on the 1978 USGS mapTownship 10 on the 1985 USGS map1896Plainville 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 Township 10.

The story

How Township 10 came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Township 10.

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Rooks County was established with four townships: Bow Creek, Lowell, Paradise and Stockton. That number increased to seven by 1878 and twenty three in 1925. The twenty three townships were in place until 1971 when the number was reduced to the current twelve townships.

Township 10 was formed from Rooks County townships Logan and Walton in 1971, pursuant to Kansas Statute 80–1110. Statute 80-1110 allowed for the disestablishment of townships and assigning those territories to contiguous townships.

Logan Township was established in 1880 from part of Plainville Township.

ChaptersLogan TownshipWalton Township

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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 Township 10

Nobody well known was born in Township 10 itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dale DodrillAmerican football player · b. 1926
Veryl SwitzerAmerican football player · b. 1932
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Brent CollinsActor · b. 1941
Mal StevensAmerican tennis player · b. 1900
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Harry McGeeAmerican football player · b. 1905
Ron SchuelerAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1948
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Barry Oil FieldoilfieldBarry Southeast Oil FieldoilfieldJelinek Oil Fieldoilfield
1cemetery inside Township 10
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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.

Township 11Its storyC+Township 6Its storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTownship 8Its storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikipedia, 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.