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History · Cockrell Township

Half of Cockrell Township’s homes were built after 2001

Most of Cockrell Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: maps from 1953 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cockrell 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 Cockrell Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Cockrell Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cockrell 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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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.

Hamden
1874–1953
Echo
1892–1906
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EchoHamden
Gone or out of use
Brewer SchoolschoolCooper SchoolschoolMcCurry SchoolschoolParks Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Cockrell Township
FairviewFitzgeraldParks

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

The story so far

Cockrell Township, in brief

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

Cockrell Township is a township in Chariton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It was most likely named for Francis Marion Cockrell, a state legislator.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 174 in 2010, 173 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Cockrell Township, 1874 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Hamden post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Echo post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1906Post officeThe Echo post office closes
  6. 1953Post officeThe Hamden post office closes
  7. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Cockrell Township on the map, 1953 to 1981

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

Cockrell Township on the 1953 USGS mapCockrell Township on the 1978 USGS mapCockrell Township on the 1981 USGS map1953Bynumville 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 Cockrell Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cockrell Township

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

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George W. P. HuntAmerican politician · b. 1859
Kathryn Hach-DarrowAmerican businesswoman · b. 1922
Uriel Sebree HallAmerican politician · b. 1852
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Roberta FulbrightAmerican journalist, newspaper editor, business… · b. 1874
Albert D. NortoniAmerican judge · b. 1867
Marian AinsleeAmerican screenwriter · b. 1896
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Wayland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBee Branch TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMusselfork TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKeytesville Township3 historic placesnot 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.