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History · Hamilton Township

Half of Hamilton Township’s homes were built after 1999

Most of Hamilton Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: maps from 1945 on.

0on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hamilton 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 Hamilton Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Hamilton Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hamilton 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.

Brown's
1857–1858
Pawnee
1886–1908
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Pawnee
Gone or out of use
Friendship ChurchchurchHigh Point SchoolschoolLone Rock SchoolschoolPleasant Hill SchoolschoolSmith Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hamilton Township
BrownPayne

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

The story so far

Hamilton Township, in brief

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

Hamilton Township is a township in Harrison County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 106. Hamilton Township was created due to a county-wide November 1872 election, which would subdivide the county into 20 municipal townships corresponding with the county's 20 congressional townships.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 137 to 106 (-23%).

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

Timeline

Hamilton Township, 1857 to 1945

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Brown's post office opens
  3. 1858Post officeThe Brown's post office closes
  4. 1886Post officeThe Pawnee post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1908Post officeThe Pawnee post office closes
  7. 1945On 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

Hamilton Township on the map, 1945 to 1981

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

Hamilton Township on the 1945 USGS mapHamilton Township on the 1981 USGS map1945Mount Ayr 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 Hamilton Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Hamilton Township

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

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Frank BucklesUnited States Army soldier and centenarian · b. 1901
John McConnellAmerican environmentalist · b. 1915
Beulah PoynterAmerican actor, writer and playwright · b. 1883
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Frank E. LucasAmerican politician · b. 1876
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Bryce WaltonAmerican writer · b. 1918
F. McGrew WillisAmerican screenwriter · b. 1891
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lincoln TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townColfax TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion 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.