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History · Stokes Mound Township

Stokes Mound Township’s post office opened in 1869, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1924 on.

1869first post office
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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How Stokes Mound Township began

When was Stokes Mound Township founded?

1869

The Stokes Mound Township post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Coloma (1861), Stokes Mound (1869) and Grace (1893), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 317157 years
Founding year: the first Stokes Mound Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Stokes Mound 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 Stokes Mound Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Stokes Mound Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Stokes Mound Township’s homes were built before 1955.On the map since 19243 editions of the USGS map, 1924 to 1978. Watch Stokes Mound Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stokes Mound Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Coloma
1861–1907
Stokes Mound
1869–1887
Grace
1893–1902
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AsperColomaGrace
Gone or out of use
West Schoollocale

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

The story so far

Stokes Mound Township, in brief

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

Stokes Mound Township is a township in Carroll County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Stock Mound Township has a population of 317 according to the 2020 census. Stokes Mound Township is named after an Indian mound of the same name.

Its first post office opened in 1869. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 358 to 317 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Stokes Mound Township, 1861 to 1924

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1861Post officeThe Coloma post office opens
  3. 1869Post officeThe Stokes Mound post office opens
  4. 1887Post officeThe Stokes Mound post office closes
  5. 1893Post officeThe Grace post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1902Post officeThe Grace post office closes
  8. 1907Post officeThe Coloma post office closes
  9. 1924On 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

Stokes Mound Township on the map, 1924 to 1978

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

Stokes Mound Township on the 1924 USGS mapStokes Mound Township on the 1952 USGS mapStokes Mound Township on the 1978 USGS map1924Hale 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 Stokes Mound Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Stokes Mound Township

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

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J. William FulbrightAmerican politician · b. 1905
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Paul Carpenter StandleyAmerican botanist · b. 1884
Barbara SinatraAmerican model, showgirl, and socialite; wife o… · b. 1927
Robert SimpsonAmerican hurdler and track and field coach · b. 1892
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Willis GlassgowAmerican football player · b. 1907
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John JenkinsAmerican baseball player, born 1896 · b. 1896
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Van Horn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFairview TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHurricane TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Stokes Mound Township’s history

What year was Stokes Mound Township founded?

The Stokes Mound Township post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.