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History · Dora Township

32% of Dora Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1983 on.

0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Dora Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Dora Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Dora Township’s homes were built before 1955.
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The story so far

Dora Township, in brief

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

Dora Township is located in Moultrie County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 802 and it contained 339 housing units. It contains the census-designated place of Lake City.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 802 to 712 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Dora Township, 1873 to 1983

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Lake City post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1980Post officeThe Lake City post office closes
  5. 1983On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Dora Township on the map in 1983

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Dora Township.

Dora Township on the 1983 USGS map1983Lovington sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Dora Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Dora Township

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

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Alison KraussAmerican musician · b. 1971
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Ivan FuquaTrack and field athlete from America · b. 1909
Nan MartinAmerican actress · b. 1927
Helen FergusonAmerican actress · b. 1900
Henry GleasonAmerican ecologist · b. 1882
Wesley Livsey JonesAmerican politician · b. 1863
Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Lake City, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Lake City
Gone or out of use
Bohler SchoolschoolKing SchoolschoolStringtown Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Dora Township
Saint Isadore

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.

Mount Zion Township1 historic placeC+Marrowbone TownshipIts storyB−Lovington TownshipIts storyB+Cerro Gordo 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.