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Egypt’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Egypt. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Egypt Township is a township in Carroll County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 783 at the 2020 census. Egypt Township was named after the country of Egypt.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 878 to 783 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1959.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Egypt yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Egypt, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Egypt is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Egypt has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Farmers Bank Building in Norborne, 2 miles away.

Egypt and the nearest listed places

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Farmers Bank BuildingJames M. Dinwiddie HouseThomas Shelby HouseMinatree Catron HouseHicklin SchoolHicklin Hearthstone

Closest to Egypt

Farmers Bank BuildingNorborne · Building2miJames M. Dinwiddie HouseDover · Building6.3miThomas Shelby HouseLexington · Building8.4miMinatree Catron HouseLexington · Building8.7miHicklin SchoolLexington · Building9.4mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Farmers Bank Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Egypt?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Egypt’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Norborne📜 Dover📜 Moss Creek📜 Hardin
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