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History · Clement Township

Clement Township’s post office opened in 1867

Most of Clement Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1910 on.

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How Clement Township began

When was Clement Township founded?

1867

The Clement Township post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 481159 years
Founding year: the first Clement Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Clement 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 Clement Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19103 editions of the USGS map, 1910 to 1969. Watch Clement Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clement Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Clement Township on the map, 1910 to 1969

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

Clement Township on the 1910 USGS mapClement Township on the 1948 USGS mapClement Township on the 1969 USGS map1910Carlyle 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 Clement Township.

The story so far

Clement Township, in brief

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

Clement Township is one of fifteen townships in Clinton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 481 and it contained 203 housing units. Clement Township was formed from Carlyle Township.

Its first post office opened in 1867. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 475 in 2010, 481 in 2020.

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 Clement Township

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

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Roland BurrisAmerican politician and attorney · b. 1937
James BradyWhite House Press Secretary under Ronald Reagan · b. 1940
David BlackwellAmerican mathematician · b. 1919
Barbara JohnsonAmerican engineer · b. 1925
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Dwight EddlemanAmerican basketball player and high jumper · b. 1922
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Gary GaettiAmerican professional baseball player, third ba… · b. 1958
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Collins SchoolschoolMatsler SchoolschoolWhites Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clement Township
CollinsElmwoodMatsler

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.

Meridian TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIrishtown TownshipIts storyC−Carlyle Township1 historic placeA−East Fork TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Clement Township’s history

What year was Clement Township founded?

The Clement Township post office opened in 1867, 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 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.