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History · Appanoose Township

38% of Appanoose Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Appanoose Church of the Brethren and Cemetery. Below: maps from 1885 on.

1on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Appanoose Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Appanoose Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18853 editions of the USGS map, 1885 to 1983. Watch Appanoose Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Appanoose Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Appanoose Township on the map, 1885 to 1983

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Appanoose Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Appanoose Township on the 1885 USGS mapAppanoose Township on the 1965 USGS mapAppanoose Township on the 1983 USGS map1885Lawrence sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Appanoose Township.

The story

How Appanoose Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Appanoose Township.

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Appanoose was issued a post office in 1857. The post office was discontinued in 1860.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Appanoose Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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2018
Appanoose Church of the Brethren and Cemetery
Appanoose Church of the Brethren and Cemetery
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Appanoose Church of the Brethren and CemeteryBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Appanooselocale
1cemetery inside Appanoose Township
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Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Centropolis TownshipIts storyCJunction TownshipIts storyC−Pomona TownshipIts storyC+Marion Township4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Appanoose Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Appanoose Township?

One place: the Appanoose Church of the Brethren and Cemetery (listed 2018).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.