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History · Cypress Township

58% of Cypress Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1925 on.

0on the National Register
58%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cypress 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 Cypress Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Cypress Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Cypress Township’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19253 editions of the USGS map, 1925 to 1984. Watch Cypress Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cypress Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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.

Pleasant Ridge
1854–1876
Happy Valley
1866–1906
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BridgeportPleasant RidgeWildwood
Gone or out of use
Hickory Grove SchoolschoolUnion Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Cypress Township
Pleasant Ridge

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

The story so far

Cypress Township, in brief

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

Cypress Township is a township in Harrison County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 162. Cypress Township was erected in September, 1858. and most likely was so named on account of the cypress trees within its borders.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 159 in 2010, 162 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Cypress Township, 1854 to 1925

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1854Post officeThe Pleasant Ridge post office opens
  3. 1866Post officeThe Happy Valley post office opens
  4. 1876Post officeThe Pleasant Ridge post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1906Post officeThe Happy Valley post office closes
  7. 1925On 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

Cypress Township on the map, 1925 to 1984

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

Cypress Township on the 1925 USGS mapCypress Township on the 1944 USGS mapCypress Township on the 1984 USGS map1925Pattonsburg sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Cypress Township

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

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Wild Bill ElliottAmerican actor · b. 1904
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John TwistScreenwriter · b. 1898
Duck DowellAmerican basketball and football player and coa… · b. 1912
Jesse N. FunkUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1888
John S. MurrayAmerican politician in Washington · b. 1925
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Moose ClabaughAmerican baseball player · b. 1901
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Bethany Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAdams TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSalem TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townButler TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSherman Township1 historic placenot 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.