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History · Union Township

17% of Union Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Union 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 Union Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Union Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Union Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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

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

Snells Mill
1856–1868
Brooklyn
1868–1908
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Brooklyn
Gone or out of use
Brooklyn SchoolschoolBush SchoolschoolEureka SchoolschoolHobbs SchoolschoolNorth Pine SchoolschoolPiburn SchoolschoolWalnut Grove SchoolschoolWhite Oak Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Union Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Union Township, in brief

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

Union Township is a township in Harrison County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 388. Union Township was erected in 1858. The township was named for the federal union, since a large share of the residents were pro-Union during the Civil War.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 411 to 388 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Union Township, 1856 to 1908

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Snells Mill post office opens
  3. 1868Post officeThe Snells Mill post office closes
  4. 1868Post officeThe Brooklyn post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1908Post officeThe Brooklyn post office closes
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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 Union Township

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

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Frank BucklesUnited States Army soldier and centenarian · b. 1901
John McConnellAmerican environmentalist · b. 1915
Leith StevensAmerican music composer and conductor · b. 1909
Beulah PoynterAmerican actor, writer and playwright · b. 1883
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Bryce WaltonAmerican writer · b. 1918
F. McGrew WillisAmerican screenwriter · b. 1891
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Washington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJefferson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarion TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHamilton 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 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.