The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusKey West Township is a township in Coffey County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 263.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 242 to 263 (+9%). Half of its homes were built before 1999.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Key West 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 Key West’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 Key West is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Key West has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Cleo F. Miller House in Lebo, 6.4 miles away.
Key West 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. Cleo F. Miller House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Key West?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Key West’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons