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History · Madison Township

38% of Madison Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1947 on and old-book passages.

0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Madison Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Madison Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Madison Township’s homes were built before 1950.
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The story so far

Madison Township, in brief

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

Madison Township is a township in Harrison County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 406. It was one of the three original townships. Madison Township most likely was named after President James Madison.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 437 to 406 (-7%).

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Madison Township in 1921

Passages that mention Madison Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

A. B. Campman was reared to manhood in Madison Township, and received his education in the public schools. When nineteen years old, he began his independent career as a farmer in Madison Township and was thus engaged for about two years. He then fanned one year in Trail Creek Township and afterward…
History of Harrison County, Missouri1921 · page 652Read the page →
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A. B. Campman was reared to manhood in Madison Township, and received his education in the public schools. When nineteen years old, he began his independent career as a farmer in Madison Township and was thus engaged for about two years. He then fanned one year in Trail Creek Township and afterwards operated the home place in Madison Township. He spent one year on a homestead in Colorado and in 1910 bought a farm of 110 acres in Trail Creek Township which he operated until 1919. He then sold that place and bought his present place of 160

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

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On the map

Madison Township on the map, 1947 to 1984

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

Madison Township on the 1947 USGS mapMadison Township on the 1984 USGS map1947Blythedale 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 Madison Township.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Crause SchoolschoolGlaze ChurchchurchSnowball SchoolschoolWhiteoak Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Madison Township
Bohemian

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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 townMarion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClay TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTrail Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCainsvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLindley 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 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.