The story
Read it all →How Barree Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Barree Township.
The Monroe Furnace and Christian Oyer Jr. House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Barree Township
17% of Barree Township’s homes were built before 1940
2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district. Below: maps from 1919 on and the census since 2000.
2on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Barree 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 Barree Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Barree Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19195 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1998. Watch Barree Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Masseyburg
Manor Hill
Monroe Furnace
Saulsburg
Charteroak
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CharteroakManor HillMasseyburgMonroe FurnaceSaulsburg
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Barree Township
BennettCarolusEwingManor Hill MethodistManor Hill PresbyterianMasseyRudy
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Help out
Start Barree Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Barree Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Barree Township on the map, 1919 to 1998
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Barree Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1919Menno sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Barree Township.
Timeline
Barree Township, 1826 to 1942
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1826Post officeThe Masseyburg post office opens
- 1828Post officeThe Manor Hill post office opens
- 1855Post officeThe Monroe Furnace post office opens
- 1865Post officeThe Monroe Furnace post office closes
- 20th century
- 1907Post officeThe Masseyburg post office closes
- 1919
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1942Post officeThe Manor Hill 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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the National Register
2 historic places in Barree Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1989
Monroe Furnace
BuildingsDistricts
Architectural styles listings
Iron Plantation1
Federal1
All 2 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Barree Township, census by census
Between 432 and 469 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Barree Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Barree Township
Nobody well known was born in Barree Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
West TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJackson Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFerguson Township1 historic placeB+Franklin Township4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMiller TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Barree Township’s history
What is on the National Register in Barree Township?
Two places: the Monroe Furnace (listed 1989) and the Christian Oyer Jr. House (1995).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Start a conversation
Sources
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 National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.