The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusGrant Township is a township in Barton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 55.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 55 to 50 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Grant 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 Grant’s history is told.
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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 Grant is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Grant has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Walnut Creek Tributary Bridge in Pleasantdale, 9.9 miles away.
Grant 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. Walnut Creek Tributary Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Grant?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Grant’s story, or a memory of it.
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