Greeley Township Sedgwick County Kansas Genealogy Trails

Greeley

Greeley Township was first settled by J. Lumbert in 1871. Among its best known citizens still claiming it as their home, are A. M. Durand, G. Herendon, D. M. Anderson, William Daily, W. J. Collier, W. C. Brown and H. E. Heisserman. All the above named gentlemen were pioneers, following closely upon Mr. Lumbert in their settlement. The township was named after the lamented editor of the New York Tribute. It is watered by the Arkansas River, which runs the length of its northern boundary, giving it some of the finest valley land in the county. The soil is a rich black loam, producing alike, splendid corn and wheat, and is valuable for its fine orchards, great and excellent varieties of its fruit, while it cannot be surpassed for stock raising. The postoffice, Mount Hope, is in the northwest corner of the township. It has an agricultural store, two stocks of general merchandise, and a blacksmith shop, all doing a fair business. There are four good schoolhouses and three church organizations, the Christians, Methodists and Congregationalists, having an average attendance of fifty each. The township was organized in 1872. Population, 455; valuation of property, $157,060..(William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, Part 2, Township Sketches)