Diamond Creek Township, Chase County, Kansas

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Diamond Creek Township is a township in Chase County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 237.

Geography

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Communities

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Hymer

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In the 1910 Census, it had a population of 30.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

The community had a post office from March 19, 1872 until October 4, 1943.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Hymer is a corruption of the surname of Frank and George Hegwer, original landowners.[1]

Elk

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In the 1910 Census, it had a population of 45.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

The community had a post office from August 24, 1874 until December 15, 1924, when it was replaced by rural free delivery.[2]Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". It also had a general store,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and a blacksmiths.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Cemeteries

The township contains the following cemeteries:

  • Boenitz.
  • Diamond Creek.
  • Elk, located at Script error: No such module "Coordinates"..
  • Elmdale.

References

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  2. ↑ University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Great Plains Studies, Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 7-8, p. 253

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Sources

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  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". (Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History at the Internet Archive)
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Further reading

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External links

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