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History · Sargent Township

Sargent Township’s post office opened in 1884

Most of Sargent Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984.

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How Sargent Township began

When was Sargent Township founded?

1884

The Sargent Township post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Sargent (1884) and Varvel (1891), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 381142 years
Founding year: the first Sargent Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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

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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.

Sargent
1884–1931
Varvel
1891–1909
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
SargentVarvol
Gone or out of use
Dutch ChurchchurchFreedom Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Sargent Township
Sargent

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

The story so far

Sargent Township, in brief

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

Sargent Township is a township in Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Erected in 1917, Sargent Township takes its name from the community of Sargent.

Its first post office opened in 1884. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 383 in 2010, 381 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Sargent Township, 1884 to 1931

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Sargent post office opens
  3. 1891Post officeThe Varvel post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1909Post officeThe Varvel post office closes
  6. 1931Post officeThe Sargent 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 Sargent Township

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

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Dick Van DykeAmerican actor and comedian · b. 1925
Porter WagonerAmerican country singer · b. 1927
Mel CarnahanGovernor of Missouri, 2000 U.S. senator-elect · b. 1934
Jan HowardAmerican country music singer · b. 1929
Brad DaughertyAmerican poker player · b. 1951
Richard Howard Ichord, Jr.American politician · b. 1926
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Cass Township1 historic placeB+Burdine TownshipIts storyCPierce TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sargent Township’s history

What year was Sargent Township founded?

The Sargent Township post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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.