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History · Shawnee Township

Half of Shawnee Township’s homes were built after 1987

Most of Shawnee Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987.

0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Shawnee 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 Shawnee Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Shawnee Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Shawnee Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Shawnee Mound
1855–1901
Huntingdale
1856–1907
Quarles
1886–1901
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HuntingdaleQuarlesShawnee Mound
Gone or out of use
Comer SchoolschoolDunham SchoolschoolHuntingdale SchoolschoolLittle Grant Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Shawnee Township
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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

Shawnee Township, in brief

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

Shawnee Township is a township in Henry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The township is named after the Shawnee tribe of Native Americans.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 471 to 391 (-17%).

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

Timeline

Shawnee Township, 1855 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Shawnee Mound post office opens
  3. 1856Post officeThe Huntingdale post office opens
  4. 1886Post officeThe Quarles post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1901Post officeThe Shawnee Mound post office closes
  7. 1901Post officeThe Quarles post office closes
  8. 1907Post officeThe Huntingdale 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 Shawnee Township

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

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Kimberly WyattAmerican dancer and choreographer · b. 1982
Mary Fallin27th Governor of Oklahoma · b. 1954
Virgil HillAmerican boxer · b. 1964
Sidney TolerAmerican actor, playwright and theatre director · b. 1874
Errett Lobban CordFounder of the Cord Corporation · b. 1894
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Chester A. ArnoldAmerican paleobotanist · b. 1901
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Tebo TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBig Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFields Creek TownshipIts storyD

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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.