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History · Tebo Township

20% of Tebo Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1885 on.

0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Tebo 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 Tebo Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18854 editions of the USGS map, 1885 to 1981. Watch Tebo Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tebo Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Tebo Township on the map, 1885 to 1981

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

Tebo Township on the 1885 USGS mapTebo Township on the 1894 USGS mapTebo Township on the 1955 USGS mapTebo Township on the 1981 USGS map1885Warrensburg sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story so far

Tebo Township, in brief

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

Tebo Township is a township in Henry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Tebo Township takes its name from Tebo Creek.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 844 to 780 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Tebo Township, 1844 to 1885

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1844Post officeThe Plum Grove post office opens
  3. 1847Post officeThe Plum Grove post office closes
  4. 1885On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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 Tebo Township

Nobody well known was born in Tebo 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
Pearl WhiteAmerican actress · b. 1892
Virgil HillAmerican boxer · b. 1964
Sidney TolerAmerican actor, playwright and theatre director · b. 1874
Errett Lobban CordFounder of the Cord Corporation · b. 1894
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Plum Grove, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Avery SettlementlocaleBerry SchoolschoolHickory Grove SchoolschoolHighland SchoolschoolMerritt SchoolschoolPleasant View SchoolschoolPlum Grove SchoolschoolUnion Schoolschool
10cemeteries and burying grounds inside Tebo Township
AskinsAveryCalhounFewelHickory GroveLewisSalemSardis NorthSardis SouthWade

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Deer Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShawnee TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWindsor TownshipIts storyC+Fields 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 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.