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History · Walker Township

22% of Walker Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1887 on.

0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Walker 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 Walker Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18874 editions of the USGS map, 1887 to 1981. Watch Walker Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Walker Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Walker Township on the map, 1887 to 1981

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

Walker Township on the 1887 USGS mapWalker Township on the 1894 USGS mapWalker Township on the 1953 USGS mapWalker Township on the 1981 USGS map1887Butler 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 Walker Township.

The story so far

Walker Township, in brief

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

Walker Township is a township in Henry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Walker Township was established in 1873, taking its name from Calvin Edward Walker, a pioneer citizen.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 209 in 2010, 212 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Walker Township, 1887 to 1903

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1895Post officeThe Piper post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Piper post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

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Famous people

Famous people close to Walker Township

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

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Vester PeggAmerican actor · b. 1889
Tyler FarrAmerican country singer · b. 1984
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Donald L. CoxMember of the Black Panther Party · b. 1936
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Byron CalameAmerican journalist · b. 1939
Ewart G. PlankUnited States Army general · b. 1897
Ivah Wills CoburnActor · b. 1878
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
New PiperPiper
Gone or out of use
American SchoolschoolAurora SchoolschoolCamp Branch SchoolschoolCleveland SchoolschoolGrange Hall SchoolschoolWhite Oak Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Walker Township
Hopewell

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.

Deepwater Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDavis TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWhite Oak TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpruce 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 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.