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History · Audubon Township

Audubon Township’s post office opened in 1839, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1947 on.

1839first post office
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31%homes built before 1940
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How Audubon Township began

When was Audubon Township founded?

1839

The Audubon Township post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Audubon (1839), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 516187 years
Founding year: the first Audubon Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Audubon 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 Audubon Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1839: 187 years of Audubon Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Audubon Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Timeline

Audubon Township, 1839 to 1947

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1839Post officeThe Audubon post office opens
  3. 1865Post officeThe Audubon post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Audubon Township, in brief

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

Audubon Township (T10+N½T9N R1W) is located in Montgomery County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 552 and it contained 253 housing units.

Its first post office opened in 1839. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 552 to 516 (-7%).

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

By decade

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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On the map

Audubon Township on the map, 1947 to 1998

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

Audubon Township on the 1947 USGS mapAudubon Township on the 1982 USGS mapAudubon Township on the 1998 USGS map1947Pana 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 Audubon Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Audubon Township

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

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H. L. HuntAmerican businessman · b. 1889
Garet GarrettAmerican journalist · b. 1878
Reid DetmersAmerican professional baseball player · b. 1999
Charles HendersonCanadian politician · b. 1883
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Charles HutterAmerican swimmer, Olympic athlete · b. 1916
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Jeff KeenerAmerican baseball player · b. 1959
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Audubon SchoolschoolBowser SchoolschoolCards Grove SchoolschoolFairview SchoolschoolMerkle SchoolschoolPrairie College SchoolschoolSmoky Row SchoolschoolStar Point SchoolschoolSterling SchoolschoolTennessee SchoolschoolWhite Settlement Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Audubon Township
TennesseeZion

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.

Hurricane TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOconee TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNokomis TownshipIts storyB−Rosamond TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Audubon Township’s history

What year was Audubon Township founded?

The Audubon Township post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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, 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.