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History · Lincoln Township

18% of Lincoln Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1948 on.

0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lincoln 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 Lincoln Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old burying grounds16 cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lincoln Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lincoln Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Wyandotte, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Wyandotte
Gone or out of use
Crawford SchoolschoolGehlbach SchoolschoolTerry George Schoolschool
16cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lincoln Township
AtteberryBolserBrainardCarpenterCrockettHoney Creek ChapelLocust GroveMartinProctorResthavenSouth EvansSteppTracyWilliam ClarkWiseWooley

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

The story so far

Lincoln Township, in brief

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

Lincoln Township is a township in Grundy County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Lincoln Township was established in 1872, most likely taking its name from President Abraham Lincoln.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 525 to 605 (+15%).

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

Timeline

Lincoln Township, 1889 to 1948

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Wyandotte post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Wyandotte post office closes
  5. 1948On 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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On the map

Lincoln Township on the map, 1948 to 1984

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

Lincoln Township on the 1948 USGS mapLincoln Township on the 1984 USGS map1948Trenton 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 Lincoln Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Lincoln Township

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

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Agnes SmedleyAmerican journalist, writer, Comintern spy · b. 1892
Clyde TolsonAssociate director of the FBI · b. 1900
George OveyActor · b. 1870
Enoch Herbert CrowderAmerican diplomat · b. 1859
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Yank LawsonAmerican musician · b. 1911
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Imogene LynnAmerican jazz and pop singer · b. 1922
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Franklin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTrenton Township6 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarrison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTrenton6 historic placesALiberty 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 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.