The Sherrill Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Sherrill (1873), Maples (1891) and Kimble (1897), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 5,306153 years
How historic is Sherrill Township?
C−
More historic than 22% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Sherrill Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Sherrill Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Sherrill Township is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns, #196 of 247 in Missouri. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Sherrill 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 Sherrill Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Missouri towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.8 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Sherrill Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Sherrill Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sherrill Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Sherrill is an unincorporated community in northern Texas County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately six miles north of Licking and is located just west of U.S. Route 63. Sherrill Creek flows past the north side of the community. The community of Beulah lies about 2.5 miles northwest on Sherrill Creek in Phelps County. A post office called Sherrill was established in 1873, and remained in operation until 1969. The community takes its name from Sherrill Township.
Its first post office opened in 1873. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 5,608 to 5,306 (-5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Sherrill Township, 1873 to 1969
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sherrill Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1945Edgar Springs 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 Sherrill Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Sherrill Township
Nobody well known was born in Sherrill Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Sherrill Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Sherrill Township rank for history?
Sherrill Township is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns, #196 of 247 in Missouri. 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.
How old are the homes in Sherrill Township?
6% of Sherrill Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.8 points), against a typical 8.4% for a Missouri town; the median home was built in 1977.
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 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.
