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History · Valley Township

27% of Valley Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Holyrood Santa Fe Depot. Below: maps from 1894 on.

1on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Valley 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 Valley Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18943 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1985. Watch Valley Township change.Old housesHalf of Valley Township’s homes were built before 1952.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Valley Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Valley Township on the map, 1894 to 1985

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

Valley Township on the 1894 USGS mapValley Township on the 1964 USGS mapValley Township on the 1985 USGS map1894Ellsworth 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 Valley Township.

The story so far

Valley Township, in brief

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

Valley Township is a township in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 481.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 538 to 481 (-11%).

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

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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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On the National Register

1 historic place in Valley Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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historic buildings protected
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2010
Holyrood Santa Fe Depot
Holyrood Santa Fe Depot, built 1887
Buildings
Holyrood Santa Fe DepotBuilt 1887

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Valley Township

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

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Wally HickelGovernor of Alaska, United States Secretary of … · b. 1919
Clarence R. HuebnerUnited States Army general · b. 1888
Kelvin DroegemeierAmerican research meteorologist · b. 1958
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Fay ThomasAmerican baseball player · b. 1903
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Randall RothLaw professor · b. 1948
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Ted LivingstonAmerican football player · b. 1913
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Bloomer Oil FieldoilfieldHeiken North Oil FieldoilfieldHeiken Oil FieldoilfieldWest Oil Fieldoilfield
1cemetery inside Valley Township
Saint Peter Lutheran

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.

Palacky TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFarmer TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIndependent TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreen Garden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Valley Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Valley Township?

One place: the Holyrood Santa Fe Depot (listed 2010).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.