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History · Morris Township

24% of Morris Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1941 on.

0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Morris Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages7 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Morris Township, and 9 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Morris Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Dykes
1871–1933
Gravelpoint
1871–1905
Bado
1883–1953
Huggins
1885–today
Alice
1886–1927
Fowler
1889–1923
Hurst
1900–1919
Bendavis
1907–2002
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AliceBadoBendavisDykesFairviewFowlerGravel PointHugginsHurst
Gone or out of use
Armstrongs StorebuildingDykes ChurchchurchLogan SchoolschoolLone Star Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Morris Township
Jarrett - Hamilton CreekWatts

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

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Morris Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
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The story so far

Morris Township, in brief

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

Morris Township is a township in Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Morris Township was erected in 1852, taking its name from Macajah Morris, a pioneer citizen.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 798 to 630 (-21%).

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

Timeline

Morris Township, 1871 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Dykes post office opens
  3. 1871Post officeThe Gravelpoint post office opens
  4. 1883Post officeThe Bado post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1905Post officeThe Gravelpoint post office closes
  7. 1933Post officeThe Dykes post office closes
  8. 1941On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1953Post officeThe Bado post office closes
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

Morris Township on the map, 1941 to 1987

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

Morris Township on the 1941 USGS mapMorris Township on the 1987 USGS map1941Bado 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 Morris Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Morris Township

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

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Brad DaughertyAmerican poker player · b. 1951
Michael SpyresAmerican baritenor · b. 1979
Richard Howard Ichord, Jr.American politician · b. 1926
Wendell BaileyAmerican politician · b. 1940
Orland K. ArmstrongAmerican politician · b. 1893
Josh SenterAmerican writer · b. 1979
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Upton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPiney Township2 historic placesB+Clinton TownshipIts storyC−Cass Township1 historic placeB+Burdine TownshipIts storyC

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Sources

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.