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History · Butler Grove Township

35% of Butler Grove Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1915 on.

0on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Butler Grove 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 Butler Grove Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19154 editions of the USGS map, 1915 to 1998. Watch Butler Grove Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Butler Grove Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Butler Grove Township on the map, 1915 to 1998

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

Butler Grove Township on the 1915 USGS mapButler Grove Township on the 1944 USGS mapButler Grove Township on the 1974 USGS mapButler Grove Township on the 1998 USGS map1915Mount Olive 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 Butler Grove Township.

The story so far

Butler Grove Township, in brief

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

Butler Grove Township (T9N R4W) is located in Montgomery County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 775 and it contained 374 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 775 to 747 (-4%).

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

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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Butler Grove Township

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

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Harold OsbornAthletics competitor · b. 1899
Matt HughesAmerican mixed martial arts fighter · b. 1973
Harry BellaverAmerican actor · b. 1905
Ray SchalkAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1892
Virgil MillerAmerican cinematographer · b. 1886
Samuel Wesley StrattonAmerican academic · b. 1861
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Cherry Grove SchoolschoolMontgomery SchoolschoolOak Grove SchoolschoolUnion SchoolschoolWare Grove Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Butler Grove Township
Blooming GroveMontgomeryWares Grove

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.

Irving TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorth Litchfield Township4 historic placesAHillsboro Township4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRaymond TownshipIts storyB−Hillsboro4 historic placesALitchfield6 historic placesA−

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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 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.