Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1927 on and the census since 1970.
The Congerville post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Congerville’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Congerville.
The site of Congerville was surveyed for Joseph Schrock on January 2, 1888, and the village was known as Schrock. The name was changed to Conger on February 27, 1888, after the early settler Ben Conger, and then to Congerville on July 31, 1888.
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Passages that mention Congerville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
ed township. The first postoffice was at Farnisville, but it was not continued a great while. There was none after that until the completion of tlie railroad when offices were soon established at both Goodfield and Congerville. John AVells conducted a saw mill on Ilohulin's place near where Goodfield now stands, and James Wells made all the cotfins needed in that vieinity. Another feature of Montgomery township was Clark's ((uarry, which was on Henry
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.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
Born hereAndy Studebaker is born hereWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Congerville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Congerville.
Between 266 and 497 people in every census since 1970.
6 censuses, 1970–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Congerville’s Wikipedia page.
The Congerville post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 →
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