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Grant Township is a township in Harrison County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 417. Grant Township was divided from Union Township in June, 1872 and took its name from the local Grant family of pioneer citizens.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 459 to 417 (-9%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Grant Township in 1921
Passages that mention Grant Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Theodore A. Smith first settled in Pattonsburg, when he came to Missouri in 1856 and in 1866 he came to Harrison County and settled in Grant Township. He learned the carpenter's trade in earily life and was a very fine workman. He worked at his trade after coming to Harrison County and a number of houses which he built are still standing. He built the house where Peter A. Smith now lives in 1857 for BeiTy Music, who then owned the place which Mr. Smith afterwards bought and lived here until the time of his death. This was the first frame house built in
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
By decade
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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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Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Grant Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1947Blythedale 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 Grant Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Grant Township
Nobody well known was born in Grant Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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 USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
