The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBennett Township is a township in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 623.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 633 people in 2010, 623 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1950.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bennett yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Bennett is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bennett has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Salter House in Argonia, 12.5 miles away.
Bennett and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Salter House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Bennett?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Bennett’s story, or a memory of it.
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