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History · Washington Township

Half of Washington Township’s homes were built after 1983

Most of Washington Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1885 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Washington 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 Washington Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18855 editions of the USGS map, 1885 to 1990. Watch Washington Township change.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Washington Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Washington Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Washington Township on the map, 1885 to 1990

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

Washington Township on the 1885 USGS mapWashington Township on the 1894 USGS mapWashington Township on the 1966 USGS mapWashington Township on the 1985 USGS mapWashington Township on the 1990 USGS map1885Garnett 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 Washington Township.

Places that used to be

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

Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hyatt
1857–1867
Springfield
1858–1860
Mount Ida
1880–1881
Mont Ida
1881–1944
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Mont Ida
Gone or out of use
HyattvillelocaleWashington Schoolschool
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Washington Township
BaptistHornHyattMont IdaSpringfield

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

The story so far

Washington Township, in brief

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

Washington Township is a township in Anderson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 272.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 272 to 311 (+14%).

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

Timeline

Washington Township, 1857 to 1885

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Hyatt post office opens
  3. 1858Post officeThe Springfield post office opens
  4. 1860Post officeThe Springfield post office closes
  5. 1867Post officeThe Hyatt post office closes
  6. 1880Post officeThe Mount Ida post office opens
  7. 1881Post officeThe Mount Ida post office closes
  8. 1885On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Famous people

Famous people close to Washington Township

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

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Edgar Lee MastersAmerican writer · b. 1868
Sam BrownbackAmerican politician and 46th Governor of Kansas · b. 1956
Arthur CapperAmerican politician · b. 1865
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Dean BrooksAmerican physician and actor · b. 1916
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Wendell Mitchell LatimerAmerican chemist · b. 1893
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Paul W. OmanAmerican entomologist · b. 1908
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Welda TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWestphalia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLincoln TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMont IdaIts 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.