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History · Richland Township

20% of Richland Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Richland Township’s past

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

Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Richland Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Richland 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

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

Beloit
1881–1891
Kenoma
1881–1980
Malty
1890–1901
Boston
1891–1971
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BostonKenomaMaltySherwood
Gone or out of use
Blue Star SchoolschoolBoston SchoolschoolDorris Valley SchoolschoolFarmers Union SchoolschoolForest Grove SchoolschoolKenoma SchoolschoolMount Carmel SchoolschoolPleasant Valley Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Richland Township
Mount Carmel

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 Richland Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Richland Township, in brief

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

Richland Township is a township in Barton County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 611. Richland Township was so named on account of their fertile soil.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 529 to 446 (-16%).

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

Timeline

Richland Township, 1881 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Beloit post office opens
  3. 1881Post officeThe Kenoma post office opens
  4. 1890Post officeThe Malty post office opens
  5. 1891Post officeThe Beloit post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1901Post officeThe Malty post office closes
  8. 1980Post officeThe Kenoma post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Richland Township

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

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Harlow ShapleyAmerican astronomer · b. 1885
Janet L. KavandiAmerican astronaut · b. 1959
Preston LacyAmerican stuntman and actor · b. 1969
Harlow RothertAmerican shot putter · b. 1908
Carl HubbellAmerican baseball player · b. 1903
Celia KayeActress · b. 1942
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lamar TownshipIts storyCNorthfork TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGolden City 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 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.