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History · Osage Township

Half of Osage Township’s homes were built after 1997

Most of Osage Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1997. Below: maps from 1941 on.

0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Osage 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 Osage Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Osage Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Osage Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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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.

Mount Zion
1873–1910
Finey
1884–1911
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
FineyMount Zion
Gone or out of use
Columbia Hall SchoolschoolCounty Line SchoolschoolDiamond Point SchoolschoolDunlaplocaleFiney SchoolschoolHay Creek Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Osage Township
BrowningtonMaplewoodMount ZionPeaceful Home

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

The story so far

Osage Township, in brief

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

Osage Township is a township in Henry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Osage Township takes its name from the Osage River.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 779 in 2010, 768 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Osage Township, 1873 to 1941

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Mount Zion post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Finey post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1910Post officeThe Mount Zion post office closes
  6. 1911Post officeThe Finey post office closes
  7. 1941On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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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On the map

Osage Township on the map, 1941 to 1991

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

Osage Township on the 1941 USGS mapOsage Township on the 1991 USGS map1941Lowry City sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Osage Township

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

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Herbert SorrellAmerican trade union activist and organizer · b. 1897
Jerry LumpeMajor League baseball player · b. 1933
William Tell JohnsonAmerican politician · b. 1848
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David R. BunchAmerican writer · b. 1925
Pearce ChilesMajor League Baseball player · b. 1867
George DischMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1879
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Leesville TownshipIts storyC−Bethlehem TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFairview 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.