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History · Wilson Township

23% of Wilson Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
23%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.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Wilson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Wilson Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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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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Places that used to be

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

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

Alanthus Grove
1855–1906
Grand River
1874–1879
Enyart
1879–1904
Watkins
1897–1899
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Alanthus GroveEnyart
Gone or out of use
Alanthus SchoolschoolFairview SchoolschoolGrand River ChurchchurchGrantham ChurchchurchGrantham SchoolschoolJennings SchoolschoolLiggett SchoolschoolPleasant Hill Churchchurch
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Wilson Township
FindersWatkins

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

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 Gentry County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 345. Wilson Township bears the name of an early settler.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 388 to 345 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Wilson Township, 1855 to 1906

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Alanthus Grove post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Grand River post office opens
  4. 1879Post officeThe Grand River post office closes
  5. 1879Post officeThe Enyart post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1904Post officeThe Enyart post office closes
  8. 1906Post officeThe Alanthus Grove post office closes
By decade

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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Jerry WallaceAmerican country and pop singer · b. 1928
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Frank E. LucasAmerican politician · b. 1876
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John TwistScreenwriter · b. 1898
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Mary GaskillAmerican politician · b. 1941
Phil S. GibsonAmerican judge · b. 1888
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Ben A. JonesAmerican horse trainer · b. 1882
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 townBogle TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCooper TownshipIts storyB−Huggins TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJefferson 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.