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History · Bee Branch Township

17% of Bee Branch Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on.

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bee Branch 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 Bee Branch Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Bee Branch Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bee Branch Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Bynumsville
1854–1967
Wien
1873–1913
Lagonda
1881–1922
Glee
1898–1902
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BynumvilleLagondaWien
Gone or out of use
Marys Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bee Branch Township
JohnsonRiceSaint Marys

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Bee Branch Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bee Branch Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Bee Branch Township is a township in Chariton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Bee Branch Township takes its name from Bee Branch creek.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 302 to 278 (-8%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Bee Branch Township, 1854 to 1967

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1854Post officeThe Bynumsville post office opens
  3. 1873Post officeThe Wien post office opens
  4. 1881Post officeThe Lagonda post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1913Post officeThe Wien post office closes
  7. 1922Post officeThe Lagonda post office closes
  8. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1967Post officeThe Bynumsville post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Bee Branch Township on the map, 1953 to 1981

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

Bee Branch Township on the 1953 USGS mapBee Branch Township on the 1979 USGS mapBee Branch Township on the 1981 USGS map1953Wien sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Bee Branch Township

Nobody well known was born in Bee Branch Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Henderson ForsytheAmerican actor · b. 1917
James P. KemAmerican politician · b. 1890
Orlando WardUnited States Army general · b. 1891
Kathryn Hach-DarrowAmerican businesswoman · b. 1922
Kenneth DavenportAmerican film actor and screenwriter · b. 1879
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Roberta FulbrightAmerican journalist, newspaper editor, business… · b. 1874
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Cockrell TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClark TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWayland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.