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History · Birmingham Township

Birmingham Township’s post office opened in 1843

Most of Birmingham Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Below: maps from 1946 on.

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How Birmingham Township began

When was Birmingham Township founded?

1843

The Birmingham Township post office opened in 1843, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Birmingham (1843), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 146183 years
Founding year: the first Birmingham Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Birmingham 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 Birmingham Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1843: 183 years of Birmingham Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Birmingham Township’s history is told.

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Timeline

Birmingham Township, 1843 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1843Post officeThe Birmingham post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1946On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1957Post officeThe Birmingham post office closes
The story so far

Birmingham Township, in brief

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

Birmingham Township is located in Schuyler County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 151 and it contained 84 housing units.

Its first post office opened in 1843. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 151 to 146 (-3%).

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

By decade

Birmingham Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Birmingham Township building 2026-08-152026Birmingham Township building 2026-08-15
On the map

Birmingham Township on the map, 1946 to 1981

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

Birmingham Township on the 1946 USGS mapBirmingham Township on the 1981 USGS map1946Augusta 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 Birmingham Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Birmingham
Gone or out of use
Center SchoolschoolFairview SchoolschoolGiles Griswold AirportairportHighland SchoolschoolLiberty SchoolschoolOakwood SchoolschoolRoundtop SchoolschoolUnion Schoolschool
9cemeteries and burying grounds inside Birmingham Township
DavenportDronFarwellHawkinsJoey Eaton GraveMarkeeMecumNoelRound Prairie

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.

Brooklyn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHuntsville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAugusta TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLamoine TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Birmingham Township’s history

What year was Birmingham Township founded?

The Birmingham Township post office opened in 1843, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (1), 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.