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Conkling’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Conkling Township is a township in Pawnee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 17.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 30 to 17 (-43%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Conkling 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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Conkling, 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 Conkling is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Conkling has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Township Line Bridge in Grant, 10.8 miles away.

Conkling and the nearest listed places

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Township Line BridgeFort Larned National Historic SiteOoten HousePatterson HouseBabbitt-Doerr HouseJG Edwards Building

Closest to Conkling

Township Line BridgeGrant · Structure10.8miFort Larned National Historic SiteSanta Fe · District12miOoten HouseLarned · Built 195014.3miPatterson HouseLarned · Built 194914.4miBabbitt-Doerr HouseLarned · Building14.8mi

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. Township Line Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Conkling?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Conkling’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.

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