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History · Hurricane Township

Hurricane Township’s post office opened in 1869, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1924 on.

1869first post office
0on the National Register
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Quick answers

How Hurricane Township began

When was Hurricane Township founded?

1869

The Hurricane Township post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name. Five smaller post offices, Little Compton (1850), Hurricane (1869) and Bridge Creek (1870), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 605157 years
Founding year: the first Hurricane Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hurricane Township’s past

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

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Hurricane Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Hurricane Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19243 editions of the USGS map, 1924 to 1978. Watch Hurricane Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Little Compton
1850–1903
Hurricane
1869–1873
Bridge Creek
1870–1884
Battsville
1872–1888
Clione
1881–1884
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Bridge CreekLittle Compton
Gone or out of use
Battsville SchoolschoolIronclad SchoollocalePension Schoollocale
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hurricane Township
ElizabethHaleMacklin

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 Hurricane Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Hurricane Township on the map, 1924 to 1978

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

Hurricane Township on the 1924 USGS mapHurricane Township on the 1950 USGS mapHurricane Township on the 1978 USGS map1924Hale 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 Hurricane Township.

The story so far

Hurricane Township, in brief

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

Hurricane Township is a township in Carroll County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 605 at the 2020 census. Hurricane Township took its name from Big Hurricane Creek.

Its first post office opened in 1869. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 701 to 605 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Hurricane Township, 1850 to 1924

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe Little Compton post office opens
  3. 1869Post officeThe Hurricane post office opens
  4. 1870Post officeThe Bridge Creek post office opens
  5. 1873Post officeThe Hurricane post office closes
  6. 1884Post officeThe Bridge Creek post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1903Post officeThe Little Compton post office closes
  9. 1924On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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Famous people

Famous people close to Hurricane Township

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

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J. William FulbrightAmerican politician · b. 1905
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Paul Carpenter StandleyAmerican botanist · b. 1884
Barbara SinatraAmerican model, showgirl, and socialite; wife o… · b. 1927
Wilbur SweatmanAmerican musician · b. 1882
Robert SimpsonAmerican hurdler and track and field coach · b. 1892
Harry M. CoudreyAmerican politician · b. 1867
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Triplett TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCunningham TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrand River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRidge TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStokes Mound TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRockford TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Hurricane Township’s history

What year was Hurricane Township founded?

The Hurricane Township post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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.