The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Jackson Township.
Jackson Township was erected in 1866, and named after President Andrew Jackson.
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History · Jackson Township
24% of Jackson Township’s homes were built before 1940
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0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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What they wrote about Jackson Township in 1882
Passages that mention Jackson Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens1882 · page 218Read the page →
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The first settlement of Jackson Township seems to lie in some obscurity, the oldest pioneers expressing doubt in reference as to who should be counted the first settler. The earliest settlements were, however, made as usual along the valleys of the streams, and on the margins of the groves. Among the very earliest settlers was David Spoonemare, who located in the year 1844, in the grove two miles north and a little east of the present site of Sweet Home. He took a claim and opened a farm on the northwest quarter of section 8, township 64, range
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The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens1882 · page 887Read the page →
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came to Nodaway County, Missouri. Mr. Bentley is not only well versed in the law but is a school teacher of considerable experience, and is also a splendid mechanic. He has resided most of the time on Platte River, in Jackson Township of this county, with the exception of five years, during which time he was engaged in the practice of law at Maryville, and for a part of that time Hon. Lafe Dawson was a partner with him in that profession. Mr. Bentley's life has been an active one since his settlement in Nodaway County, and there are probably few
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Timeline
Jackson Township, 1851 to 1940
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1851Post officeThe Sweet Home post office opens
- 1890Post officeThe Sweet Home post office closes
- 20th century
- 1940
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Jackson Township, decade by decade
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2025On the map
Jackson Township on the map in 1940
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Jackson Township.
1940Parnell sheet · 1:62,500U.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
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Jerry WallaceAmerican country and pop singer · b. 1928F
Frank E. LucasAmerican politician · b. 1876Places that used to be
Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Sweet Home, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Gone or out of use
Casteel SchoolschoolChampaign SchoolschoolChampion Hill SchoolschoolCommon Sense SchoolschoolMorning View SchoolschoolMunkres SchoolschoolWilcox Schoolschool
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jackson Township
MonroeOak LawnParnellSweet HomeWilcox
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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History across the town line
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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 (2), the Library of Congress (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.