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History · Dallas Township

Half of Dallas Township’s homes were built after 1948

Most of Dallas Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1948. Below: maps from 1923 on.

0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Dallas 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 Dallas Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Dallas Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Dallas Township’s homes were built before 1948.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dallas 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

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

Greenleaf
1873–1886
Santa Rosa
1875–1954
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Santa Rosa
Gone or out of use
Crabill SchoolschoolDallas Center SchoolschoolGreenleaf ChurchchurchLimestone SchoolschoolMount Gilead SchoolschoolRound Top SchoolschoolSpring Grove Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Dallas Township
GreenridgeNorwegian

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

The story so far

Dallas Township, in brief

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

Dallas Township is a township in DeKalb County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 285. Dallas Township was established in 1845, taking its name from Vice President George M. Dallas.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 336 to 285 (-15%).

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

Timeline

Dallas Township, 1873 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Greenleaf post office opens
  3. 1875Post officeThe Santa Rosa post office opens
  4. 1886Post officeThe Greenleaf post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1923On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1954Post officeThe Santa Rosa post office closes
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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

Dallas Township on the map, 1923 to 1983

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

Dallas Township on the 1923 USGS mapDallas Township on the 1983 USGS map1923Maysville 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 Dallas Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Adams Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJefferson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMiller TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBenton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarion 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.