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History · Marion Township

Half of Marion Township’s homes were built after 1971

Most of Marion Township was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Below: maps from 1954 on.

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What stands out about Marion 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 Marion Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Marion Township, in brief

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

Marion Township is a township in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The city of Mercer is located in the center of the township. The establishment date of Marion Township is unknown. The city of Mercer was previously known as Marion before it was known that there was another place named Marion, it is likely the township was named for the same reason as the city.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 826 to 709 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Marion Township, 1897 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1897Post officeThe Moore post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902Post officeThe Moore post office closes
  5. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Marion Township on the map, 1954 to 1981

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

Marion Township on the 1954 USGS mapMarion Township on the 1977 USGS mapMarion Township on the 1981 USGS map1954Centerville sheet · 1:250,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Marion Township

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

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Calamity JaneAmerican scout and frontierswoman · b. 1852
Arthur M. HydeAmerican politician · b. 1877
John McConnellAmerican environmentalist · b. 1915
Leith StevensAmerican music composer and conductor · b. 1909
Mervin Joe KellyAmerican physicist · b. 1894
John Clinton PorterAmerican politician · b. 1871
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Duncan SchoolschoolEarly SchoolschoolEast White SchoolschoolGarland SchoolschoolHickory SchoolschoolMiddle Point SchoolschoolUpper Girdner SchoolschoolWhite Oak Schoolschool
10cemeteries and burying grounds inside Marion Township
AlleyEarlyGirdnerHollarsMcKinneyMiddle PointMooreSouth LinevilleWhite OakYingling

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Somerset TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLindley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMorgan Township1 historic placeA−Ravanna 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.