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Cheever’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Cheever Township is a township in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 165. Cheever Township was organized in 1873.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 130 to 165 (+27%). Half of its homes were built before 1944.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cheever 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cheever’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Cheever

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Joe EngleJoe EngleChapman · 12 miHarry BeaumontHarry BeaumontAbilene · 11 miWilliam H. AveryWilliam H. AveryWakefield · 13 miBob CainBob CainLongford · 9 miEarl D. EisenhowerEarl D. EisenhowerAbilene · 11 miMilton Stover EisenhowerMilton Stover EisenhowerAbilene · 11 mi
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Cheever, decade by decade

Before
2000
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.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Cheever is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cheever has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Wilson Pratt Truss Bridge in Sherman, 7.2 miles away.

Cheever and the nearest listed places

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Wilson Pratt Truss BridgeFreeman-Zumbrunn HouseChapman Creek Pratt Truss BridgeJohn W. Birchmore HouseJacob S. Engle HouseBerger House

Closest to Cheever

Wilson Pratt Truss BridgeSherman · Built 19047.2miFreeman-Zumbrunn HouseNoble · Building9.6miChapman Creek Pratt Truss BridgeNoble · Built 190510.4miJohn W. Birchmore HouseAbilene · Built 187811miJacob S. Engle HouseAbilene · Building11mi

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. Wilson Pratt Truss Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Cheever?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Cheever’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Sherman📜 Buckeye📜 Flora📜 Manchester
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