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History · Degognia Township

11% of Degognia Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1916 on.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Degognia Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Degognia Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Degognia Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19163 editions of the USGS map, 1916 to 1990. Watch Degognia Township change.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

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

Degonia
1886–1908
Wagners Landing
1888–1907
Cora
1903–1953
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CoraDegogniaJones Ridge
Gone or out of use
Aldrich SchoolschoolAntioch SchoolschoolBuchanan SchoolschoolFranklin SchoolschoolLower Wilkinson LandinglocalePleasant Grove SchoolschoolReeds Creek Landing AirportairportUpper Wilkinson Landinglocale
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Degognia Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

Degognia Township on the map, 1916 to 1990

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

Degognia Township on the 1916 USGS mapDegognia Township on the 1968 USGS mapDegognia Township on the 1990 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 Degognia Township.

The story so far

Degognia Township, in brief

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

Degognia is an unincorporated community in Degognia Township, Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The community is located along County Route 20 11.1 miles (17.9 km) east-southeast of Chester.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 153 in 2010, 154 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Degognia Township, 1886 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Degonia post office opens
  3. 1888Post officeThe Wagners Landing post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Cora post office opens
  6. 1907Post officeThe Wagners Landing post office closes
  7. 1908Post officeThe Degonia post office closes
  8. 1916On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1953Post officeThe Cora post office closes
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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Fountain Bluff TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKinkaid TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBradley TownshipIts storyB

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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, 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.