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History · Bald Hill Township

15% of Bald Hill Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1926 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bald Hill 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 Bald Hill Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Bald Hill Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bald Hill Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Dryden
1886–1893
Scheller
1928–today
Sheller
1982–1928
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Emerson CityScheller
Gone or out of use
Bald Hill SchoolschoolDryden SchoolschoolMount Pleasant SchoolschoolOak Grove SchoolschoolOrient Number 3 MinemineProgress SchoolschoolScience SchoolschoolWhiteoak Schoolschool
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bald Hill Township
Bald HillDrydenSaint BarbaraStevensWard

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

The story so far

Bald Hill Township, in brief

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

Bald Hill Township is one of sixteen townships in Jefferson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 800 and it contained 363 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 767 to 800 (+4%).

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

Timeline

Bald Hill Township, 1886 to 1982

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Dryden post office opens
  3. 1893Post officeThe Dryden post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1926On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1928Post officeThe Scheller post office opens
  7. 1928Post officeThe Sheller post office closes
  8. 1982Post officeThe Sheller post office opens
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

Bald Hill Township on the map, 1926 to 1998

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

Bald Hill Township on the 1926 USGS mapBald Hill Township on the 1975 USGS mapBald Hill Township on the 1982 USGS mapBald Hill Township on the 1998 USGS map1926Duquoin 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 Bald Hill Township.

People over time

Bald Hill Township, census by census

020040060080020002020Peak: 800

Between 733 and 800 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Bald Hill Township

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

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Ava CherryAmerican singer · b. 1953
Snyder S. KirkpatrickAmerican politician · b. 1848
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Frank DonnellyAmerican baseball player · b. 1869
Logan H. RootsAmerican bishop · b. 1870
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Laird DoyleAmerican screenwriter · b. 1907
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Red SmithAmerican baseball player · b. 1899
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Blissville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElk Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGoode Township1 historic placeA−

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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), 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.