Timken’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Timken. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Timken was named after a land speculator, Henry Timken, who purchased land in which he believed that the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad would be building. When Henry Timken sold the land to the railroad, one of the conditions was that the town was named after him. During the year to follow a lumber mill, railroad depot, grocery store, and even a bowling alley would be established in the town. The town was settled mainly by immigrants from Czechoslovakia, Bohemia and Moravia.
A post office was opened in Timken in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1996.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Timken’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Timken’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1850: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Timken
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Timken, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Timken is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Timken has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lone Star School, District 64 in Lone Star, 4.2 miles away.
Timken and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Kansas - Rush County - ED 83-1, ED 83-2, ED 83-3, ED 83-4, ED 83-5, ED … (1850) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.