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History · Walnut

Walnut’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Walnut Township is a township in Pawnee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 74.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 88 to 74 (-16%). Half of its homes were built before 1944.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Walnut 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 Walnut’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Walnut

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Jerry MoranJerry MoranGreat Bend · 16 miKarrin AllysonKarrin AllysonGreat Bend · 16 miRoy StrykerRoy StrykerGreat Bend · 16 miBob EarlBob EarlGreat Bend · 16 miHal PattersonHal PattersonLarned · 6 miScott SchwabScott SchwabGreat Bend · 16 mi
By decade

Walnut, 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 Walnut is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Walnut has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pawnee Rock in Pawnee Rock, 5.7 miles away.

Walnut and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Walnut. Tap a dot.
Pawnee RockOoten HousePatterson HouseJG Edwards BuildingBabbitt-Doerr HouseNorden Bombsight Storage Vaults

Closest to Walnut

Pawnee RockPawnee Rock · Site5.7miOoten HouseLarned · Built 19508.1miPatterson HouseLarned · Built 19498.7miJG Edwards BuildingLarned · Building8.8miBabbitt-Doerr HouseLarned · Building8.9mi

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

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Pawnee Rock📜 Larned📜 Pawnee Rock📜 Ash Valley
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