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History · Armington

Armington’s post office opened in 1849, and 45% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1880.

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How Armington began

When was Armington founded?

1849

The Armington post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 129 in 18802020 census: 310177 years
Founding year: the first Armington post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Armington’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 Armington are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Armington’s homes were built before 1950.Deep rootsA post office since 1849: 177 years of Armington.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Armington’s history is told.

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The story so far

Armington, in brief

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

Armington is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Armington had a population of 310. It is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1849. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 343 to 310 (-10%).

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

By decade

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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

Armington on the map, 1951 to 1980

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

Armington on the 1951 USGS mapArmington on the 1980 USGS map1951Minier 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 Armington.

People over time

Armington, census by census

010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 368

Between 129 and 368 people in every census since 1880.

14 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Armington

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

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Scott AltmanAmerican astronaut, aviator and test pilot · b. 1959
Terry KinneyAmerican actor · b. 1954
Brian CookAmerican basketball player · b. 1980
Edward Rell MadiganAmerican politician · b. 1936
John SchlittAmerican singer · b. 1950
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Carl Shipp MarvelAmerican chemist · b. 1894

Questions about Armington’s history

What year was Armington founded?

The Armington post office opened in 1849, 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) and the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.