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History · Campbell Hill

Campbell Hill’s post office opened in 1876, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1916 on and the census since 1880.

1876first post office
0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
3famous people
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How Campbell Hill began

When was Campbell Hill founded?

1876

The Campbell Hill post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 214 in 18802020 census: 309150 years
Founding year: the first Campbell Hill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Campbell Hill’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 Campbell Hill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 497 in 1900; 309 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Campbell Hill’s history is told.

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People over time

Campbell Hill, census by census

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Peaked at 497 in 1900; 309 people lived here in 2020.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

The story so far

Campbell Hill, in brief

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

Campbell Hill is a village in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 309 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1876. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 336 to 309 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Campbell Hill, 1867 to 1933

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Born hereKent E. Keller is born here
  3. 1876Post officeThe Campbell Hill post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900CensusPopulation peaks at 497
  6. 1916On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1929Born hereDean Ehlers is born here
  8. 1933Born hereBucky Bockhorn is born here
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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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On the map

Campbell Hill on the map, 1916 to 1968

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

Campbell Hill on the 1916 USGS mapCampbell Hill on the 1968 USGS map1916Campbell Hill 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 Campbell Hill.

Famous people

3 famous people were born in Campbell Hill

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Bucky BockhornAmerican basketball player · b. 1933
Kent E. KellerAmerican politician · b. 1867
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Dean EhlersHead coach · b. 1929

Questions about Campbell Hill’s history

What year was Campbell Hill founded?

The Campbell Hill post office opened in 1876, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.