Its Register listing is the Bates-Geers House. Most of Roubidoux Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Roubidoux Township is more historic than 40% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Roubidoux Township’s overall grade.
Missouri towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Missouri town has 2.4 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Roubidoux Township’s 4.4 sits near the middle of its state (61% of Missouri towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.4 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Roubidoux Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Roubidoux Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Roubidoux Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Roubidoux is an extinct town in the Salem Plateau region of the Ozarks located in northwest Texas County, Missouri, United States. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. The townsite is located at the confluence of the east and west forks of Roubidoux Creek. It is approximately 12 mi (19 km) northwest of Houston. A post office called Roubidoux was established in 1850, and remained in operation until 1953. The community took its name from nearby Roubidoux Creek.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,819 to 1,677 (-8%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Roubidoux Township, 1883 to 1957
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Roubidoux Township is more historic than 40% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Roubidoux Township?
One place: the Bates-Geers House (listed 1982).
How old are the homes in Roubidoux Township?
5% of Roubidoux Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.4 points), against a typical 8.4% for a Missouri town; the median home was built in 1983.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
