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History · Boone Township

Half of Boone Township’s homes were built after 1988

Most of Boone Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Boone Township’s past

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

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Boone Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Boone Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

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

Hazleton
1890–1944
Edanville
1892–1926
Dent
1900–1933
Kinderpost
1906–1954
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DentEdanvilleHazletonKinderpostSlabtown
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Boone Township
CraddockMerrillMitchellO'Malley

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

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Boone Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Boone Township, in brief

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

Boone Township is a township in Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Boone Township was erected in 1845, taking its name from frontiersman Daniel Boone.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 323 to 360 (+11%).

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

Timeline

Boone Township, 1890 to 1944

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Hazleton post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Edanville post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900Post officeThe Dent post office opens
  6. 1926Post officeThe Edanville post office closes
  7. 1933Post officeThe Dent post office closes
  8. 1944Post officeThe Hazleton post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

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Famous people

Famous people close to Boone Township

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

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Claire McCaskillAmerican politician · b. 1953
Shannon MillerAmerican artistic gymnast · b. 1977
Mike CoffmanAmerican politician · b. 1955
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Mary Jo BangAmerican poet · b. 1946
John A. RogersAmerican chemist and materials scientist · b. 1967
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Paulette JilesCanadian writer · b. 1943
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Roubidoux Township1 historic placeC+Sherrill TownshipIts storyC−Lynch TownshipIts storyD

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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 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.