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History · Brushy Township

18% of Brushy Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Brushy 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 Brushy Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Brushy Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Brushy 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

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

New Hope
1892–1907
Dallasania
1899–1906
Harco
1917–1962
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HarcoHartfordNew Hope
Gone or out of use
Dallasania ChurchchurchEbenezer ChurchchurchSahara Mine Number 7mineWard Schoolschool
11cemeteries and burying grounds inside Brushy Township
AbneyAbney Family Number 2BakerEbenezerKiousOld EbenezerStricklin FamilyTroutTuttleWardWinkleman

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

The story so far

Brushy Township, in brief

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

Brushy Township is located in Saline County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 766 and it contained 325 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 766 to 972 (+27%).

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

Timeline

Brushy Township, 1892 to 1962

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe New Hope post office opens
  3. 1899Post officeThe Dallasania post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1906Post officeThe Dallasania post office closes
  6. 1907Post officeThe New Hope post office closes
  7. 1917Post officeThe Harco post office opens
  8. 1962Post officeThe Harco post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

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Famous people

Famous people close to Brushy Township

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

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Virginia GreggAmerican actress · b. 1916
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Henry TurnerAmerican endocrinologist · b. 1892
David D. PhelpsAmerican politician · b. 1947
Kendall RhineAmerican basketball player · b. 1943
William C. MarlandAmerican football player · b. 1918
George BarkerAmerican politician in Virginia · b. 1951
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Carrier Mills TownshipIts storyC+Galatia TownshipIts storyB−Harrisburg Township2 historic placesA−Raleigh 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 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.