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History · Miller Township

25% of Miller Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1925 on.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Miller 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 Miller Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Miller Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19254 editions of the USGS map, 1925 to 1985. Watch Miller Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Miller 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

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

Gentryville
1846–1938
Berlin
1874–1906
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BerlinGentryville
Gone or out of use
Concord SchoolschoolDewey-Sumner SchoolschoolElam SchoolschoolFore SchoolschoolGartin SchoolschoolGentryville SchoolschoolGrandview SchoolschoolOsborne BridgebridgeRattlesnake SchoolschoolWalker Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Miller Township
BerlinForeMcFallWright

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

On the map

Miller Township on the map, 1925 to 1985

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

Miller Township on the 1925 USGS mapMiller Township on the 1940 USGS mapMiller Township on the 1950 USGS mapMiller Township on the 1985 USGS map1925Darlington 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 Miller Township.

The story so far

Miller Township, in brief

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

Miller Township is a township in Gentry County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 452. The township's seat is located in the hamlet of Gentryville. Miller Township has the name of Isaac Miller, an early settler.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 432 to 452 (+5%).

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

Timeline

Miller Township, 1846 to 1938

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1846Post officeThe Gentryville post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Berlin post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1906Post officeThe Berlin post office closes
  6. 1925On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1938Post officeThe Gentryville post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Miller Township

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

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Wild Bill ElliottAmerican actor · b. 1904
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Edward Harrison TaylorAmerican herpetologist · b. 1889
James T. Blair, Jr.American politician · b. 1902
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John TwistScreenwriter · b. 1898
Claude ThomasAmerican baseball player · b. 1890
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Dorothy WorkmanAmerican tennis player · b. 1912
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Athens Township3 historic placesA−Jackson Township1 historic placeB+Benton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCooper TownshipIts storyB−Butler TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDallas TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMcFallIts 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.