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History · Bainbridge Township

17% of Bainbridge Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1923 on.

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bainbridge 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 Bainbridge Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old burying grounds14 cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bainbridge Township.On the map since 19233 editions of the USGS map, 1923 to 1981. Watch Bainbridge Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bainbridge Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Bond SchoolschoolCenter SchoolschoolCoal Creek SchoolschoolDavis SchoolschoolFairfield ChurchchurchHatfield SchoolschoolHazel Dell SchoolschoolWard Number 2 SchoolschoolWard Schoolschool
14cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bainbridge Township
BellBolingBurnsidesClarkDavisEbenezerGilletteHosmerJacksonKroheLawlerMarchantPersingerStephens

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

On the map

Bainbridge Township on the map, 1923 to 1981

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

Bainbridge Township on the 1923 USGS mapBainbridge Township on the 1975 USGS mapBainbridge Township on the 1981 USGS map1923Rushville 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 Bainbridge Township.

The story so far

Bainbridge Township, in brief

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

Bainbridge Township is located in Schuyler County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 639 and it contained 282 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 639 to 570 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Bainbridge Township, 1884 to 1923

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Stephen post office opens
  3. 1884Post officeThe Stephen post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1923On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Bainbridge Township, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Bainbridge Township

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

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Wesley Clair MitchellAmerican statistician · b. 1874
John Bell HatcherAmerican paleontologist · b. 1861
Red NorvoAmerican musician · b. 1908
Andrew C. McLaughlinAmerican historian · b. 1861
Francis M. DrakeAmerican soldier, businessman and politician · b. 1830
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Frank SkinnerAmerican film composer and arranger · b. 1897
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Cooperstown Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWoodstock TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeardstown Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRushville Township2 historic placesA−Frederick 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 Wikimedia Commons (3), 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.