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History · Allenville

Allenville’s post office opened in 1892, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1935 on and the census since 1890.

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How Allenville began

When was Allenville founded?

1892

The Allenville post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Farlow (1873), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 45 in 18902020 census: 132134 years
Founding year: the first Allenville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Allenville’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 Allenville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 286 in 1920; 132 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Allenville’s history is told.

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People over time

Allenville, census by census

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Peaked at 286 in 1920; 132 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Allenville’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Allenville, in brief

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

Allenville is a village in Moultrie County, Illinois, United States. The population was 132 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 148 to 132 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Allenville, 1873 to 1962

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Farlow post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Farlow post office closes
  4. 1892Post officeThe Allenville post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 286
  7. 1935On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1962Post officeThe Allenville post office closes
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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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On the map

Allenville on the map, 1935 to 1998

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Allenville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Allenville on the 1935 USGS mapAllenville on the 1940 USGS mapAllenville on the 1983 USGS mapAllenville on the 1998 USGS map1935Sullivan sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Allenville.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Allenville had its own post office from 1892 to 1962. Another post office, Farlow, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Farlow
1873–1892
Allenville
1892–1962
18701950today

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

Questions about Allenville’s history

What year was Allenville founded?

The Allenville post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.