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History · Osage Township

Half of Osage Township’s homes were built after 2001

Most of Osage Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: maps from 1938 on.

0on the National Register
9%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.

Lost villages8 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Osage Township, and 6 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Osage 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

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

Little Osage
1837–1901
Carbon Centre
1874–1904
Arthur
1881–1936
Blaine
1884–1888
Ketterman
1885–1904
Humble
1888–1891
Horton
1891–2002
Panama
1893–1909
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ArthurBlaineCarbon CenterHortonKettermanPanama
Gone or out of use
Arthur SchoolschoolDiamond SchoolschoolGreen Valley SchoolschoolHorton SchoolschoolHumble SchoolschoolJonnum MinesminePanama SchoolschoolStone Gate SchoolschoolTimber Hill Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Osage Township
BalltownCarbon Center

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 Osage Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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 Vernon County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Osage Township was erected in 1855, taking its name from the Osage people.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 295 to 277 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Osage Township, 1837 to 1938

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1837Post officeThe Little Osage post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Carbon Centre post office opens
  4. 1881Post officeThe Arthur post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1901Post officeThe Little Osage post office closes
  7. 1904Post officeThe Carbon Centre post office closes
  8. 1936Post officeThe Arthur post office closes
  9. 1938On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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

Osage Township on the map, 1938 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 1938 USGS mapOsage Township on the 1991 USGS map1938Horton 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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John HustonAmerican film director, screenwriter, and actor · b. 1906
Eva BowringAmerican politician · b. 1892
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C. Jay CoxAmerican screenwriter and director · b. 1962
Kimbrough StoneUnited States federal judge · b. 1875
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Thelma G. ThurstoneAmerican Psychologist · b. 1897
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Denver DavisonAmerican judge · b. 1891
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Metz Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBlue Mound TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington Township1 historic placeB−

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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.