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History · Moss Creek Township

20% of Moss Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1889 on.

0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Moss Creek 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 Moss Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18894 editions of the USGS map, 1889 to 1982. Watch Moss Creek Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moss Creek Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Moss Creek Township on the map, 1889 to 1982

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

Moss Creek Township on the 1889 USGS mapMoss Creek Township on the 1956 USGS mapMoss Creek Township on the 1978 USGS mapMoss Creek Township on the 1982 USGS map1889Lexington 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 Moss Creek Township.

The story so far

Moss Creek Township, in brief

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

Moss Creek Township is a township in Carroll County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Moss Creek Township has a population of 96 according to the 2020 census. Moss Creek Township took its name from Moss Creek, a creek noted for the moss lining its course.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 102 to 96 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Moss Creek Township, 1884 to 1905

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Sugartree post office opens
  3. 1889On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Post officeThe Sugartree post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Moss Creek Township

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

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Erle C. KentonFilm director · b. 1896
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Randall GarrettAmerican writer · b. 1927
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Carl W. StallingAmerican composer, voice actor, and arranger · b. 1891
Barbara SinatraAmerican model, showgirl, and socialite; wife o… · b. 1927
Ike SkeltonAmerican politician · b. 1931
George CreelAmerican journalist · b. 1876
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
PalemonSugartree
Gone or out of use
Costner SchoolschoolFletcher SchoolschoolFloyd SchoolschoolNew SchoolschoolSwan Lake SchoolschoolWilson Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Moss Creek Township
AustinGileadSacred Heart

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.

Sugartree TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWakenda TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTrotter TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEgypt Township1 historic placenot 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.