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History · Bartelso

Bartelso’s post office opened in 1885

Most of Bartelso was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1910 on and the census since 1900.

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How Bartelso began

When was Bartelso founded?

1885

The Bartelso post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 274 in 19002020 census: 635141 years
Founding year: the first Bartelso post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Bartelso’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 Bartelso are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19103 editions of the USGS map, 1910 to 1969. Watch Bartelso change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bartelso’s history is told.

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On the map

Bartelso on the map, 1910 to 1969

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

Bartelso on the 1910 USGS mapBartelso on the 1948 USGS mapBartelso on the 1969 USGS map1910Carlyle 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 Bartelso.

The story so far

Bartelso, in brief

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

There is a St.Cecilia Church and, a school. The school is a public school with a relgion for cathlics Bartelso is a village in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 635 at the 2020 census, up from 595 at the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1885. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 595 to 635 (+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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People over time

Bartelso, census by census

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Grew from 274 people in 1900 to 635 in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Bartelso

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

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Red SchoendienstAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1923
Jake OdorizziAmerican baseball player · b. 1990
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Russ SchoeneAmerican basketball player-coach · b. 1960
Florence WyleU.S.-Canadian sculptor · b. 1881
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Joseph Henry Leo SchlarmanCatholic archbishop · b. 1879
Josh TholeBaseball player, major league catcher · b. 1986

Questions about Bartelso’s history

What year was Bartelso founded?

The Bartelso post office opened in 1885, 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), 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.