History · Copeland

Copeland’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Copeland. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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Copeland was founded in 1912. It was named for E. L. Copeland, an official of the Santa Fe Railroad.

The first post office in Copeland was established in October 1912.

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Timeline

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1941Haskell County, Kansas (Copeland). The "world's…Commons
1950–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Copeland, decade by decade

1950s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Haskell County, Kansas (Copeland). The "world's largest farmers' elevator" at Copeland, a few miles (1941) and it appears here side by side.

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