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Evan’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Evan Township is a township in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 476.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 542 to 476 (-12%). Half of its homes were built before 1982.

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

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Evan has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Louis Werner Barn in Galesburg, 5.6 miles away.

Evan and the nearest listed places

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Louis Werner BarnKingman Santa Fe DepotKingman County CourthouseKingman City BuildingUS Post Office-KingmanKingman Carnegie Library

Closest to Evan

Louis Werner BarnGalesburg · Built 19125.6miKingman Santa Fe DepotKingman · Building13.7miKingman County CourthouseKingman · Built 190813.7miKingman City BuildingKingman · Building13.7miUS Post Office-KingmanKingman · Building13.7mi

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. Louis Werner Barn’s page links to a real one.
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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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