From Brunswick Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers
How Brunswick Township began
When was Brunswick Township founded?
1836
The Brunswick Township post office opened in 1836, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Indian Grove (1878) and Newcomer (1886), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 363 in 18502020 census: 1,250190 years
How historic is Brunswick Township?
A
More historic than 90% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Brunswick Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Brunswick Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Brunswick Township is more historic than 90% of U.S. towns. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its age lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Brunswick Township’s overall grade.
Missouri towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Missouri town has 2.4 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Brunswick Township’s 33.7 sits above most of its state (84% of Missouri towns have fewer) while its 4 historic buildings outnumber those of 68% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from A− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.4 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Brunswick Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Brunswick Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1890Marshall 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 Brunswick Township.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Indian Grove
1878–1906
Newcomer
1886–1906
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Grand PortGrand River CityIndian GroveMissouri VillageNewcomer
Gone or out of use
Allega SchoolschoolBarr SchoolschoolBluff Point SchoolschoolBrandt SchoolschoolFoggin SchoolschoolHickory Grove SchoolschoolPrairie Chapel SchoolschoolSnavely SchoolschoolStephens and Akeman Airportairport
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Brunswick Township
For thousands of years varying cultures of indigenous peoples settled by the Missouri River. At the time of European contact, historical tribes in the area included the Missouri, Osage, Kaw, Otoe and others. In 1723 Etienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont built Fort Orleans near here, established on the Missouri River near the mouth of the Grand River. It was occupied 1723-1726 as the first multi-year European fort and settlement in present-day Missouri. It was to be a trading centerpiece of La Louisiane, the new territory claimed by the French.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
The Brunswick Township post office opened in 1836, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Brunswick Township rank for history?
Brunswick Township is more historic than 90% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Brunswick Township?
One place: the Locust Hill (listed 1980).
How old are the homes in Brunswick Township?
26% of Brunswick Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.4 points), against a typical 8.4% for a Missouri town; the median home was built in 1959.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
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