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History · White Township

Half of White Township’s homes were built after 1986

Most of White Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1892 on.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about White 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 White Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18923 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1983. Watch White Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s White Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how White Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

White Township on the map, 1892 to 1983

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

White Township on the 1892 USGS mapWhite Township on the 1967 USGS mapWhite Township on the 1983 USGS map1892Kingman 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 White Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Lashmet
1890–1897
Varner
1895–1972
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Varner
Gone or out of use
C P and W SchoolschoolLashmetlocaleLeach SchoolschoolMount Pleasant Schoolschool

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

The story so far

White Township, in brief

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

White Township is a township in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 363.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 391 to 363 (-7%).

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

Timeline

White Township, 1890 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Lashmet post office opens
  3. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1895Post officeThe Varner post office opens
  5. 1897Post officeThe Lashmet post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1972Post officeThe Varner post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to White Township

Nobody well known was born in White 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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Larry FossAmerican baseball player · b. 1936
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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
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Kingman6 historic placesA−Ninnescah TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGalesburg Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRoscoe TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHoosier Township1 historic placenot 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.