On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Camargo Township is more historic than 85% of U.S. towns, #130 of 768 in Illinois. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Camargo Township’s overall grade.
Few Illinois towns list much on the Register (a typical Illinois town has 0.5 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Camargo Township’s 2.9 sits above most of its state (70% of Illinois towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.7 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Camargo Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Camargo Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Camargo is a village in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. The population was 452 at the 2020 census. Camargo is at the intersection of Illinois Route 130 and U.S. Route 36. Camargo is the oldest township in Douglas County.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,585 in 2010, 3,538 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Camargo Township in 1876
Passages that mention Camargo Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Douglas county, Illinois1876 · page 18Read the page →
Read the text
Is a proposed road, and was instituted by Tuscola people, materially aided by influential parties in Douglas and Vermillion counties. It runs in a northeast direction from Tuscola, leaving Douglas county in the northeast part of Camargo Township, thence through parts of Champaign and Vermillion counties to the ancient town of Dallas, and to Danville.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Camargo Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1956Villa Grove 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 Camargo Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Camargo Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Camargo Township, census by census
Between 236 and 469 people in every census since 1880.
13 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Camargo Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Camargo Township
Nobody well known was born in Camargo Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Camargo Township is more historic than 85% of U.S. towns, #130 of 768 in Illinois. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Camargo Township?
30% of Camargo Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.7 points), against a typical 11% for an Illinois town; the median home was built in 1966.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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