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History · Berry Township

Half of Berry Township’s homes were built after 1968

Most of Berry Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1968. Below: maps from 1947 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Berry 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 Berry Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Berry Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Berry Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

New Franklin
1849–1878
Pin Oak
1855–1903
Pleasant Grove
1858–1882
Roundprairie
1898–1903
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CincinnatiCovingtonRound Prairie
Gone or out of use
Berry SchoolschoolJohnsonville South Oil FieldoilfieldMabry SchoolschoolNew Franklin Post Officepost officeNew Harmony SchoolschoolPin Oak Post Officepost officePin Oak SchoolschoolPleasant Grove Post Officepost officePleasant Ridge SchoolschoolRound Prairie SchoolschoolSims Oil FieldoilfieldWeaver SchoolschoolWillis Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Berry Township
BullCariensCincinnatiLappin

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

The story so far

Berry Township, in brief

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

Berry Township is located in Wayne County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 351 and it contained 153 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 351 to 375 (+7%).

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

Timeline

Berry Township, 1849 to 1947

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1849Post officeThe New Franklin post office opens
  3. 1855Post officeThe Pin Oak post office opens
  4. 1858Post officeThe Pleasant Grove post office opens
  5. 1878Post officeThe New Franklin post office closes
  6. 1882Post officeThe Pleasant Grove post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1903Post officeThe Pin Oak post office closes
  9. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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

Berry Township on the map, 1947 to 1973

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

Berry Township on the 1947 USGS mapBerry Township on the 1973 USGS map1947Wayne City 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 Berry Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Berry Township

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

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William BorahAmerican politician · b. 1865
Harold A. GarmanUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1918
Roy ClippingerAmerican politician · b. 1886
Bill TrotterAmerican baseball player · b. 1908
Drue PearceAmerican politician · b. 1951
Warren W. DuncanAmerican judge · b. 1857
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Arrington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIndian Prairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHickory Hill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLamard TownshipIts storyC−

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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.