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History · Buck Township

49% of Buck Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1946 on and the census since 1930.

0on the National Register
49%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Buck Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Buck Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Buck Township’s homes were built before 1942.
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The story so far

Buck Township, in brief

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Buck Township is one of fifteen townships in Edgar County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 214 and it contained 124 housing units. Buck Township was originally called Pilot Grove Township, but its name was changed on May 9, 1857.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 307 to 214 (-30%).

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

Timeline

Buck Township, 1875 to 1946

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1875Post officeThe May's Station post office opens
  3. 1894Post officeThe May's Station post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1946On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Buck Township on the map, 1946 to 1998

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

Buck Township on the 1946 USGS mapBuck Township on the 1982 USGS mapBuck Township on the 1998 USGS map1946Kansas 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 Buck Township.

People over time

Buck Township, census by census

010020030040050060070019401960198020002020Peak: 683

Between 214 and 683 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Another post office, May's Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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Gone or out of use
Barnett SchoolschoolBuck SchoolschoolCross Roads SchoolschoolPilot Grove SchoolschoolStewart SchoolschoolWaller SchoolschoolWalnut Grove Schoolschool

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.

Embarrass TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRedmonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townParis Township7 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrandview Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShiloh TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKansas TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.