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History · Crook Township

10% of Crook Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1941 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Crook Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Crook Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Crook Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Logansport
1858–1894
Martin's Store
1871–1907
Thackery
1871–1925
Thurber
1893–1901
Thackeray
1927–1953
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
JamestownLogansportThackerayThurber
Gone or out of use
Concord SchoolschoolFarris SchoolschoolLogansport SchoolschoolMartins StorelocaleMetcalf SchoolschoolOliver SchoolschoolSneed SchoolschoolThackeray ChurchchurchThackeray Oil FieldoilfieldWilliams Schoolschool
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Crook Township
ArterberryHopsonMaloneMunsellNew HopeOld Brush HarborWebb

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crook Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Crook Township, in brief

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

Crook Township is one of twelve townships in Hamilton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 293 and it contained 146 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 312 to 293 (-6%).

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

Timeline

Crook Township, 1858 to 1941

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Logansport post office opens
  3. 1871Post officeThe Martin's Store post office opens
  4. 1871Post officeThe Thackery post office opens
  5. 1894Post officeThe Logansport post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1907Post officeThe Martin's Store post office closes
  8. 1925Post officeThe Thackery post office closes
  9. 1941On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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

Crook Township on the map, 1941 to 1974

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

Crook Township on the 1941 USGS mapCrook Township on the 1974 USGS map1941Enfield 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 Crook Township.

People over time

Crook Township, census by census

010020030040020002020Peak: 402

Between 293 and 402 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Crook Township

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

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Max MorrisAmerican basketball player · b. 1925
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John O. JonesAmerican politician · b. 1940
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Floyd NewkirkAmerican baseball player · b. 1908
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Lefty JamersonAmerican baseball player · b. 1900
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Mel CollardAmerican football, basketball, and baseball coa… · b. 1894
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Phil OdleAmerican football player · b. 1942
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

McLeansboro Township4 historic placesA−Beaver Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMayberry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEnfield TownshipIts storyB−Twigg TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMill Shoals TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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, 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.