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History · Victoria Township

47% of Victoria Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1894 on.

0on the National Register
47%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Victoria Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Victoria 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18943 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1985. Watch Victoria Township change.Old housesHalf of Victoria Township’s homes were built before 1942.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Victoria Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewColony of Russian-Germans greeting Pres…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Victoria Township on the map, 1894 to 1985

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

Victoria Township on the 1894 USGS mapVictoria Township on the 1970 USGS mapVictoria Township on the 1985 USGS map1894Lyons 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 Victoria Township.

The story

How Victoria Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Victoria Township.

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Victoria Township was established in 1877. It was created from part of Atlanta Township. Victoria Township would end up losing land to create Galt Township, Mitchell Township, and Harrison Township.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Victoria Township, 1888 to 1923

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Pollard post office opens
  3. 1894On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903In the archiveColony of Russian-Germans greeting President Roosevelt
  6. 1923Post officeThe Pollard post office closes
By decade

Victoria Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
Colony of Russian-Germans greeting President Roosevelt1903Colony of Russian-Germans greeting President Roosevelt
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Colony of Russian-Germans greeting President Roosevelt
Retake this viewColony of Russian-Germans greeting President Roosevelt, 1903

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Victoria Township’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Victoria Township

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

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Clarence R. HuebnerUnited States Army general · b. 1888
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Sandra MyersSpanish athletics competitor · b. 1961
Marcia RoddAmerican actor · b. 1938
C. Dean AnderssonAmerican writer · b. 2000
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Fay ThomasAmerican baseball player · b. 1903
Jerry VasconcellsAmerican aviation pioneer · b. 1892
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Pollard
Gone or out of use
Kansas Centrelocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Victoria Township
GeneseoKansas Center

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.

Harrison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEureka TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGalt TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townThomas TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGeneseoIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Victoria Township’s history

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia, 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.