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History · Arispie Township

36% of Arispie Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1893 on.

1on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Arispie 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 Arispie Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18935 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1979. Watch Arispie Township change.
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On the map

Arispie Township on the map, 1893 to 1979

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

Arispie Township on the 1893 USGS mapArispie Township on the 1909 USGS mapArispie Township on the 1911 USGS mapArispie Township on the 1966 USGS mapArispie Township on the 1979 USGS map1893Hennepin 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 Arispie Township.

The story so far

Arispie Township, in brief

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

Arispie Township is one of twenty-five townships in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 763 and it contained 355 housing units.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 776 in 2010, 763 in 2020.

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

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Arispie Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Arispie Township

Nobody well known was born in Arispie Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Charles Torrey SimpsonAmerican botanist, malacologist, and conservati… · b. 1846
Red RuffingAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1905
Charles Atwood KofoidAmerican zoologist · b. 1865
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Bertha Marion LahmanAmerican botanist · b. 1872
Warren Crandall GilesAmerican baseball executive · b. 1896
Eva Katherine ClappAmerican writer · b. 1857
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Highland SchoolschoolMorris SchoolschoolNye Schoolschool

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Princeton Township9 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIndiantown TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLeepertown TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWheatland Township1 historic placenot 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.