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History · Asbury Township

23% of Asbury Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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What stands out about Asbury 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 Asbury Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19053 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1964. Watch Asbury Township change.Old housesHalf of Asbury Township’s homes were built before 1954.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Asbury Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Asbury Township on the map, 1905 to 1964

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

Asbury Township on the 1905 USGS mapAsbury Township on the 1949 USGS mapAsbury Township on the 1964 USGS map1905New Haven 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 Asbury Township.

The story so far

Asbury Township, in brief

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

Asbury Township is one of ten townships in Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 115 and it contained 53 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 105 to 115 (+10%).

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

Timeline

Asbury Township, 1855 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Cottonwood post office opens
  3. 1879Born hereLewis D. Scherer is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1907Post officeThe Cottonwood post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

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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People over time

Asbury Township, census by census

010020002020Peak: 146

Between 105 and 146 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Cottonwood, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Cottonwood
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Asbury Township
Oak GroveSwan

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Heralds Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRidgway TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNew Haven TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOmaha TownshipIts storynot 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.