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History · Waco Township

Half of Waco Township’s homes were built after 1983

Most of Waco Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983.

0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Waco 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 Waco Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Waco Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Waco Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
CessnaMurray GillSchulte
Gone or out of use
Independence SchoolschoolPleasant Plains SchoolschoolPrairie Center SchoolschoolSpring Bank Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Waco Township
Greenwood

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Waco Township, in brief

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

Waco is an unincorporated community in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 725 to 660 (-9%).

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

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 Waco Township

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

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MrBeastAmerican YouTuber, media personality and busine… · b. 1998
Kirstie AlleyAmerican actress · b. 1951
Hattie McDanielAmerican actress · b. 1893
Robert GatesCIA director, U.S. Secretary of Defense, and un… · b. 1943
Vernon L. SmithAmerican economist · b. 1927
David KochAmerican billionaire heir and businessman · b. 1940
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Wichita140 historic placesBOhio TownshipIts storyC−Riverside Township1 historic placeC−

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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 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.