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History · Sherman Township

Half of Sherman Township’s homes were built after 2001

Most of Sherman Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: maps from 1942 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Sherman 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 Sherman Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Sherman Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sherman Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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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.

Saint John
1849–1908
West Liberty
1855–1908
Delpha
1891–1908
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Saint JohnWest Liberty
Gone or out of use
Beary SchoolschoolDelphalocaleHill Crest SchoolschoolLoughead SchoolschoolPearson SchoolschoolSaint John SchoolschoolUnion ChurchchurchWest Liberty SchoolschoolWolfe Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sherman Township
TorreyUnion

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

The story so far

Sherman Township, in brief

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

Sherman Township is a township in northern Putnam County, Missouri. The organization date and origin of the name of Sherman Township is unknown.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 114 to 124 (+9%).

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

Timeline

Sherman Township, 1849 to 1942

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1849Post officeThe Saint John post office opens
  3. 1855Post officeThe West Liberty post office opens
  4. 1891Post officeThe Delpha post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1908Post officeThe Saint John post office closes
  7. 1908Post officeThe West Liberty post office closes
  8. 1908Post officeThe Delpha post office closes
  9. 1942On 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

Sherman Township on the map, 1942 to 1979

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sherman Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Sherman Township on the 1942 USGS mapSherman Township on the 1979 USGS map1942Seymour sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sherman Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Sherman Township

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

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Simon EstesAmerican opera singer · b. 1938
Claude PaytonAmerican actor · b. 1882
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Richard DudmanAmerican journalist · b. 1918
Harry J. MiddletonAmerican journalist · b. 1921
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Jerrold RobertshawBritish actor · b. 1866
Edna May SpoonerAmerican actress and playwright · b. 1873
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Union Township1 historic placeA−York TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson 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 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.