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History · Huggins Township

46% of Huggins Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1943 on.

0on the National Register
46%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Huggins 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 Huggins Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Huggins Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Huggins 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.

Hugginsville
1855–1890
Voyage
1890–1901
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CarmackVoyage
Gone or out of use
Canaday SchoolschoolCarmack SchoolschoolDavid SchoolschoolHall SchoolschoolHugginsville SchoolschoolMcGuire SchoolschoolNormal Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Huggins Township
HallHall

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

The story so far

Huggins Township, in brief

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

Huggins Township is a township in Gentry County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 129. Huggins Township has the name of John Huggins, an early settler.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 146 to 129 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Huggins Township, 1855 to 1943

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Hugginsville post office opens
  3. 1890Post officeThe Hugginsville post office closes
  4. 1890Post officeThe Voyage post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1901Post officeThe Voyage post office closes
  7. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Huggins Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
HugginsvilleCemetery2025HugginsvilleCemetery
On the map

Huggins Township on the map, 1943 to 1984

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

Huggins Township on the 1943 USGS mapHuggins 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 Huggins Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Huggins Township

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

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Jerry WallaceAmerican country and pop singer · b. 1928
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Frank E. LucasAmerican politician · b. 1876
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John TwistScreenwriter · b. 1898
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Mary GaskillAmerican politician · b. 1941
Phil S. GibsonAmerican judge · b. 1888
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Ben A. JonesAmerican horse trainer · b. 1882
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Cooper TownshipIts storyB−Athens Township3 historic placesA−Bogle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWilson 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.