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History · Vinita Township

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

Below: maps from 1889 on.

0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Vinita 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 Vinita 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 Vinita Township change.Old housesHalf of Vinita Township’s homes were built before 1959.
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On the map

Vinita Township on the map, 1889 to 1990

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

Vinita Township on the 1889 USGS mapVinita Township on the 1891 USGS mapVinita Township on the 1901 USGS mapVinita Township on the 1965 USGS mapVinita Township on the 1985 USGS mapVinita Township on the 1990 USGS map1889Cheney 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 Vinita Township.

The story so far

Vinita Township, in brief

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

Vinita Township is a township in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 223.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 253 to 223 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Vinita Township, 1883 to 1889

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Oakland post office opens
  3. 1886Post officeThe Oakland post office closes
  4. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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 Vinita Township

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

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Eugene John GerberCatholic bishop · b. 1931
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Sarah SmarshAmerican nonficiton writer · b. 1980
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George AitonAmerican baseball player · b. 1890
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Joe SeiwertAmerican politician · b. 1951
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Jon GnagyAmerican artist · b. 1907
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Mike CoykendallAmerican audio engineer · b. 1963
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Lansdowne
Gone or out of use
Bethel ChurchchurchBolinger Oil FieldoilfieldBroadway Oil and Gas FieldoilfieldBroadway West Oil and Gas FieldoilfieldCasley Gas and Oil FieldoilfieldDewey Oil and Gas FieldoilfieldDewey SchoolschoolFairview SchoolschoolPleasant Valley SchoolschoolRitchey Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Vinita Township
Vinita

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.

Dale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAllen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorton TownshipIts storyCEvan TownshipIts 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 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.