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History · Jackson Township

25% of Jackson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1922 on.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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From Jackson Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Jackson 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 writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Jackson Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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Start Jackson Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo2 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewKoehler House: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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.

Clear Creek
1848–1857
Jackson's Station
1871–1882
Carlow
1882–1927
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BlakeCarlow
Gone or out of use
Blake SchoolschoolBrown SchoolschoolMiller SchoolschoolMount Zion ChurchchurchPrairie Valley Churchchurch

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

The story so far

Jackson Township, in brief

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

Jackson Township is a township in Daviess County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 697. Jackson Township has the name of President Andrew Jackson.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 675 to 697 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Jackson Township, 1848 to 1927

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1848Post officeThe Clear Creek post office opens
  3. 1857Post officeThe Clear Creek post office closes
  4. 1871Post officeThe Jackson's Station post office opens
  5. 1882Post officeThe Jackson's Station post office closes
  6. 1882Post officeThe Carlow post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1922On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1927Post officeThe Carlow post office closes
By decade

Jackson Township, decade by decade

Date unknown2 to date
Koehler HouseDate?Koehler HouseBodenstein HouseDate?Bodenstein House
On the map

Jackson Township on the map, 1922 to 1984

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

Jackson Township on the 1922 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1984 USGS map1922Gallatin 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 Jackson Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Koehler House
Retake this viewKoehler House

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Jackson Township’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Jackson Township

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

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Martha ScottAmerican actress · b. 1912
Conrad BurnsAmerican politician · b. 1935
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Walter PageAmerican jazz musician · b. 1900
Zack WheatAmerican baseball player · b. 1888
Alexander Monroe DockeryMissouri politician · b. 1845
Buzz BartonAmerican actor · b. 1913
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Harrison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion Township3 historic placesAJamesport TownshipIts storyC+Sampsel TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMonroe TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Jackson Township’s history

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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 the Library of Congress (2), 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.