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History · Honey Creek Township

11% of Honey Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Honey Creek 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 Honey Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Honey Creek Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Honey Creek Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Industry
1881–1887
Garland
1886–1927
Hartwell
1887–1968
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GarlandHartwellHarvey
Gone or out of use
Garland SchoolschoolHartwell SchoolschoolIndustrylocaleWhite SchoolschoolWinchelllocale

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

The story so far

Honey Creek Township, in brief

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

Honey Creek Township is a township in Henry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Honey Creek Township was established in 1873, taking its name from Honey Creek.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 216 to 211 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Honey Creek Township, 1881 to 1968

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Industry post office opens
  3. 1886Post officeThe Garland post office opens
  4. 1887Post officeThe Industry post office closes
  5. 1887Post officeThe Hartwell post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1927Post officeThe Garland post office closes
  8. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1968Post officeThe Hartwell post office closes
By decade

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

Honey Creek Township on the map, 1953 to 1981

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

Honey Creek Township on the 1953 USGS mapHoney Creek Township on the 1981 USGS map1953Hartwell 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 Honey Creek Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Honey Creek Township

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

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Virgil HillAmerican boxer · b. 1964
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Chester A. ArnoldAmerican paleobotanist · b. 1901
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Vester PeggAmerican actor · b. 1889
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Pat WardAmerican politician · b. 1957
Patricia BillingsAmerican sculptor and inventor · b. 1926
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Donald L. CoxMember of the Black Panther Party · b. 1936
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Fields Creek TownshipIts storyDDavis TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWhite Oak TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBig Creek 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.