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History · Lone Oak Township

16% of Lone Oak Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1887 on.

0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lone Oak Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lone Oak Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18874 editions of the USGS map, 1887 to 1991. Watch Lone Oak Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Lone Oak Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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On the map

Lone Oak Township on the map, 1887 to 1991

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

Lone Oak Township on the 1887 USGS mapLone Oak Township on the 1894 USGS mapLone Oak Township on the 1981 USGS mapLone Oak Township on the 1991 USGS map1887Butler sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lone Oak Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Peru
1892–1909
Athol
1899–1903
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AtholMonteith JunctionPeru
Gone or out of use
Brackney SchoolschoolCornland SchoolschoolFeelylocaleOak Grove SchoolschoolPeru SchoolschoolPleasant ValleyschoolStar Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Lone Oak Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Lone Oak Township, in brief

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

Lone Oak Township is one of twenty-four townships in Bates County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 293. The township takes its name from Lone Oak Branch creek.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 281 to 303 (+8%).

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

Timeline

Lone Oak Township, 1887 to 1909

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1892Post officeThe Peru post office opens
  4. 1899Post officeThe Athol post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1903Post officeThe Athol post office closes
  7. 1909Post officeThe Peru post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Lone Oak Township

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

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Robert A. HeinleinAmerican author and aeronautical engineer · b. 1907
Charles O'RearAmerican photographer and author · b. 1941
Wesley BolinAmerican politician · b. 1909
George H. ChristopherAmerican politician · b. 1888
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Howard MapleAmerican baseball player · b. 1903
Kit ClardyAmerican politician · b. 1892
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Osage TownshipIts storyC+Pleasant Gap TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNew Home 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.