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History · Tebbetts

Tebbetts’ post office opened in 1895, and 65% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Oakley Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

1895first post office
1on the National Register
65%homes built before 1940
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How Tebbetts began

When was Tebbetts founded?

1895

The Tebbetts post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 64131 years
Founding year: the first Tebbetts post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Tebbetts’ 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 Tebbetts are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Tebbetts’ homes were built before 1938.
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The story so far

Tebbetts, in brief

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

Tebbetts is an unincorporated community in southern Callaway County, Missouri, United States. It is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. Tebbetts is located on Route 94, approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Jefferson City, on the north edge of the Missouri River floodplain. As of the 2020 census, Tebbetts had a population of 64. A post office called Tebbetts has been in operation since 1895. The community was named after a railroad employee. The Cote Sans Dessein Archeological Site and Oakley Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Its first post office opened in 1895.

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

By decade

Tebbetts, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Tebbetts

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2008
Oakley Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Gable Front Church1
All 1 listings
Oakley Chapel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchBuilding · listed 2008

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Tebbetts

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

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Jack KilbyAmerican electrical engineer · b. 1923
Cedric the EntertainerAmerican actor and comedian · b. 1964
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Charlie WeberAmerican actor · b. 1978
Christian CantwellAmerican shot putter · b. 1980
Helen StephensAthletics competitor · b. 1918
Maya MooreAmerican basketball player · b. 1989
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Tebbetts’s post office has been open since 1895.

Gone or out of use
Tebbetts Schoolschool

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

Questions about Tebbetts’ history

What year was Tebbetts founded?

The Tebbetts post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Tebbetts?

One place: the Oakley Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (listed 2008).

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 Wikimedia Commons (4), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.