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History · Township 2

16% of Township 2’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1896 on.

0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Township 2’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 2 are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18964 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1985. Watch Township 2 change.Old housesHalf of Township 2’s homes were built before 1950.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Township 2’s history is told.

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On the map

Township 2 on the map, 1896 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Township 2. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Township 2 on the 1896 USGS mapTownship 2 on the 1953 USGS mapTownship 2 on the 1979 USGS mapTownship 2 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 2.

The story

How Township 2 came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Township 2.

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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 2 was formed from Rooks County townships Greenfield, Iowa and Lanark in 1971, pursuant to Kansas Statute 80-1110. The statute allowed for the dissolution of townships and the assignment of those territories to contiguous townships.

Elm Creek flows through the southern part of Township 2 into South Fork Solomon River. Jim Creek and Douglas Creek flow through the northern part of Township 2 into South Fork Solomon River.

ChaptersGreenfield TownshipIowa TownshipLanark Township

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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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 2

Nobody well known was born in Township 2 itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Bruce GoffAmerican architect · b. 1904
Carl HatchAmerican politician · b. 1889
Dale DodrillAmerican football player · b. 1926
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Brent CollinsActor · b. 1941
Mal StevensAmerican tennis player · b. 1900
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Len DuganAmerican gridiron football player · b. 1910
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Baughman Farm Stripairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Township 2
JohnsonWest Hope

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 1Its storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBow Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTownship 32 historic placesATownship 11Its storyC+Stockton1 historic placeBValley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTownship 4Its storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Sources

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.