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History · Wilson Township

16% of Wilson Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Wilson Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Wilson Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Wilson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

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

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

Lemen
1876–1876
Lemon Station
1876–1878
Xenia
1879–1898
Lemonville
1898–1915
Lemons
1915–1975
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Lemons
Gone or out of use
Keene SchoolschoolMeans SchoolschoolVaughn Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wilson Township
CrumpackerLemonville

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

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wilson 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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The story so far

Wilson Township, in brief

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

Wilson Township is a township in southern Putnam County, Missouri. The county seat of Unionville is partly located in the northeastern portion of this township. The organization date and origin of the name of Wilson Township is unknown.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 598 to 566 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Wilson Township, 1876 to 1898

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Lemen post office opens
  3. 1876Post officeThe Lemen post office closes
  4. 1876Post officeThe Lemon Station post office opens
  5. 1878Post officeThe Lemon Station post office closes
  6. 1879Post officeThe Xenia post office opens
  7. 1898Post officeThe Xenia 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 Wilson Township

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

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Clare MageeAmerican politician · b. 1899
Bill JacksonAmerican television personality · b. 1935
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Jane WilsonAmerican painter · b. 1924
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Rankin GibsonAmerican lawyer and politician · b. 1916
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John C. EnglandUnited States Navy officer · b. 1920
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Malcolm H. MyersAmerican artist · b. 1917
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Jackson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion Township1 historic placeA−Richland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLincoln 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.