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History · Dimmick Township

Dimmick Township’s post office opened in 1850, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1893 on.

1850first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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How Dimmick Township began

When was Dimmick Township founded?

1850

The Dimmick Township post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Dimmick (1850) and Dimmock (1874), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 755176 years
Founding year: the first Dimmick Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Dimmick 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 Dimmick Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18936 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1993. Watch Dimmick Township change.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Dimmick Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dimmick Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Dimmick Township on the map, 1893 to 1993

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

Dimmick Township on the 1893 USGS mapDimmick Township on the 1911 USGS mapDimmick Township on the 1947 USGS mapDimmick Township on the 1966 USGS mapDimmick Township on the 1979 USGS mapDimmick Township on the 1993 USGS map1893La Salle 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 Dimmick Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Dimmick
1850–1912
Dimmock
1874–1887
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DimmickTomahawk Bluff
Gone or out of use
Aitkin SchoolschoolBrush SchoolschoolDavis AirportairportDimmick PitmineMitchel SchoolschoolNellis SchoolschoolPottinger RLA Airportairport
1cemetery inside Dimmick Township
Dimmick

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

The story

How Dimmick Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Dimmick Township.

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The town was named for its founder, Daniel Dimmick, who emigrated here from Mansfield, Connecticut by way of Hennepin, Illinois in 1833. The railroad was extended to Dimmick c. 1865 by the Illinois Central Railroad.

In 1873, a rail depot was constructed to replace an earlier one that had fallen into disrepair and the town was platted. By 1876, the town was home to three stores and a blacksmith. A post office was established at Dimmick in 1877, and remained in operation until 1912. Passenger service continued until the early 1930s before being discontinued.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Dimmick Township, 1850 to 1912

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe Dimmick post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Dimmock post office opens
  4. 1887Post officeThe Dimmock post office closes
  5. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1912Post officeThe Dimmick post office closes
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Dimmick Township

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

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Wild Bill HickokAmerican folk hero and lawman · b. 1837
Zez ConfreyAmerican composer and pianist · b. 1895
Jim BottomleyAmerican baseball player and coach · b. 1900
Billy PapkeAmerican boxer · b. 1886
J. A. HappAmerican baseball player · b. 1982
Chad DurbinMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1977
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Peru Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTroy Grove TownshipIts storyB+LaSalle Township5 historic placesA+LaSalle5 historic placesA+Waltham TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPeru1 historic placeA

Questions about Dimmick Township’s history

What year was Dimmick Township founded?

The Dimmick Township post office opened in 1850, 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 Wikipedia, 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.