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History · Jackson Township

30% of Jackson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1924 on.

0on the National Register
30%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 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19243 editions of the USGS map, 1924 to 1984. Watch Jackson Township change.Old housesHalf of Jackson Township’s homes were built before 1963.
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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, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Haseville
1879–1908
Hecla
1894–1906
Shafter
1898–1906
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HasevilleHeclaShafter
Gone or out of use
Antioch ChurchchurchClimax SchoolschoolHooker SchoolschoolKirby SchoolschoolLight SchoolschoolMount Olive SchoolschoolPleasant Point SchoolschoolPleasant Shade SchoolschoolSouth Sebago SchoolschoolWest Liberty Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jackson Township
CalhounHasevilleHookerSmith

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

On the map

Jackson Township on the map, 1924 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 1924 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1947 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1984 USGS map1924Chula 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.

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 Linn County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Jackson Township was established in 1845, and most likely was named after Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), a general in the War of 1812 and afterward 7th U.S. president.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 173 to 205 (+18%).

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

Timeline

Jackson Township, 1879 to 1924

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Haseville post office opens
  3. 1894Post officeThe Hecla post office opens
  4. 1898Post officeThe Shafter post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1906Post officeThe Hecla post office closes
  7. 1906Post officeThe Shafter post office closes
  8. 1908Post officeThe Haseville post office closes
  9. 1924On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Jackson Township, decade by decade

Date unknown2 to date
Koehler HouseDate?Koehler HouseBodenstein HouseDate?Bodenstein House
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.

Retake this view · +15
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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John J. PershingUnited States Army general in World War I · b. 1860
Agnes SmedleyAmerican journalist, writer, Comintern spy · b. 1892
Clyde TolsonAssociate director of the FBI · b. 1900
Lewis R. FosterScreenwriter, director, producer, television co… · b. 1898
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Doris AkersAmerican music composer, arranger and singer · b. 1923
Don PrattRecipient of the Purple Heart medal · b. 1892
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Benton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClay TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWilson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLocust Creek Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMedicine TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.