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History · Bible Grove Township

Bible Grove Township’s post office opened in 1854

Most of Bible Grove Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1953 on.

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How Bible Grove Township began

When was Bible Grove Township founded?

1854

The Bible Grove Township post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 330172 years
Founding year: the first Bible Grove Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Bible Grove Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Bible Grove Township, in brief

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

Bible Grove is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Illinois, United States. Bible Grove is 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Louisville. Bible Grove once had a post office, which closed on October 22, 1988. MLB pitcher George Lyons was born in Bible Grove in 1891.

Its first post office opened in 1854. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 344 to 330 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Bible Grove Township, 1854 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1854Post officeThe Bible Grove post office opens
  3. 1891Born hereGeorge Lyons is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Bible Grove Township on the map, 1953 to 1985

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

Bible Grove Township on the 1953 USGS mapBible Grove Township on the 1985 USGS map1953Sailor Springs 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 Bible Grove Township.

Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Bible Grove
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Nadler SchoolschoolWebster Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Bible Grove Township
Bible GroveBrooksGermanLewisSaint PaulShouse Chapel

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.

Hoosier TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBlair TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSouth Muddy TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Bible Grove Township’s history

What year was Bible Grove Township founded?

The Bible Grove Township post office opened in 1854, 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.