The Clover Township post office opened in 1863, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Clover (1863), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 1,011 in 20002020 census: 847163 years
Founding year: the first Clover Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
What stands out about Clover 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 Clover Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Clover Township is one of twenty-four townships in Henry County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 847 and it contained 424 housing units. Clover Township was originally known as Ashnelet Township, but was changed on an unknown date.
Its first post office opened in 1863. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 938 to 847 (-10%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Clover Township, 1863 to 1947
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Clover Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1947Woodhull 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 Clover Township.
People over time
Clover Township, census by census
Between 847 and 1,011 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Clover Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Clover Township
Nobody well known was born in Clover Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Clover, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Gone or out of use
Center SchoolschoolFairplay SchoolschoolKansas SchoolschoolMaple Ridge SchoolschoolNew Pine SchoolschoolRed Oak SchoolschoolSnow Hill SchoolschoolStickney Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clover Township
Clover ChapelWoodhull
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.
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.
