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History · Hepler

Hepler’s history is
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The story

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Hepler was founded in 1871. It was named for B.F. Hepler, president of the company that laid out the town.

The first post office in Hepler was established in June 1871.

Hepler became a significant shipping point of cattle and grain on the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad.

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Elmer McCollumElmer McCollumRedfield · 13 miDennis HaydenDennis HaydenGirard · 13 miCGCarl GregoryWalnut · 4 miMyron V. GeorgeMyron V. GeorgeErie · 16 miAnna Marcet HaldemanAnna Marcet HaldemanGirard · 13 miGCGlen CullerSavonburg · 11 mi
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Hepler, 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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Today2 photos
1945vs2015mapCommons1945vs2015map2015KSMap-doton-HeplerCommonsKSMap-doton-Hepler2004
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Hepler is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hepler has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Little Walnut Creek Bowstring in Walnut, 4.4 miles away.

Hepler and the nearest listed places

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Little Walnut Creek BowstringJulius A. Wayland HouseFirst Presbyterian ChurchJ.T and Anna Leonard HouseCato District No. 4 SchoolGirard Carnegie Library

Closest to Hepler

Little Walnut Creek BowstringWalnut · Structure4.4miJulius A. Wayland HouseGirard · Built 189612miFirst Presbyterian ChurchGirard · Built 188812.4miJ.T and Anna Leonard HouseGirard · Built 190712.5miCato District No. 4 SchoolLincoln · Building12.5mi

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. Little Walnut Creek Bowstring’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Hepler?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Hepler’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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