 The town gained it first grain elevator in 1874 and a tile factory in 1881 which operated two large, steam-powered kilns.By 1883 the town's businesses included David Lanham & Co. and Finch & Son (both purveyors of dry goods and groceries), Joseph Dehart's notions and butcher shop, John Rosa's grocery, Dr. C. W. Fall (physician and pharmacist), Jasper Bristow (physician) and the Railroad House.Templeton's population numbered around 150 in the 1920s, at which time it also had a grain elevator, grade school and three or four stores.