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History · Howard Township

The history of Howard Township

Below: maps from 1943 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Howard Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Howard Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Howard Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Ellenorah
1865–1898
Lone Star
1873–1906
Free Water
1881–1893
Gara
1883–1906
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
EllenorahLone StarPinhookSiloam Springs
Gone or out of use
Adam SchoolschoolColvin SchoolschoolGlendenning SchoolschoolHill ChapelchurchLone Star SchoolschoolNeedels SchoolschoolPleasant Grove SchoolschoolSiloam SchoolschoolWayman Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Howard Township
CarterLone StarMageeMillerMizeWilson

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

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Howard Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Howard Township, in brief

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

Howard Township is a township in Gentry County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 120. Howard Township bears the name of local pioneers Asa and Samuel Howard.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 100 to 120 (+20%).

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

Timeline

Howard Township, 1865 to 1943

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1865Post officeThe Ellenorah post office opens
  3. 1873Post officeThe Lone Star post office opens
  4. 1881Post officeThe Free Water post office opens
  5. 1893Post officeThe Free Water post office closes
  6. 1898Post officeThe Ellenorah post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1906Post officeThe Lone Star post office closes
  9. 1943On 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

Howard Township on the map, 1943 to 1984

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

Howard Township on the 1943 USGS mapHoward Township on the 1984 USGS map1943Grant City 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 Howard Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Bogle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAthens Township3 historic placesA−Dallas 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.