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History · Eagle Creek Township

Eagle Creek Township’s post office opened in 1836

Most of Eagle Creek Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: maps from 1916 on and the census since 2000.

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How Eagle Creek Township began

When was Eagle Creek Township founded?

1836

The Eagle Creek Township post office opened in 1836, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Eagle Creek (1836), Leamington (1879) and Kedron (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 194 in 20002020 census: 171190 years
Founding year: the first Eagle Creek Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Eagle Creek 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 Eagle Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Eagle Creek Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19163 editions of the USGS map, 1916 to 1990. Watch Eagle Creek Township change.Deep rootsA post office since 1836: 190 years of Eagle Creek Township.
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Start Eagle Creek Township’s collection

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

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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.

Eagle Creek
1836–1878
Leamington
1879–1904
Kedron
1883–1912
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
KedronLeamington
Gone or out of use
Berkel MinemineCedar Bluff SchoolschoolCentral SchoolschoolGreer SchoolschoolPisgah Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Eagle Creek Township
BarnettHillLeamingtonLloyd

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

On the map

Eagle Creek Township on the map, 1916 to 1990

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

Eagle Creek Township on the 1916 USGS mapEagle Creek Township on the 1959 USGS mapEagle Creek Township on the 1990 USGS map1916Equality 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 Eagle Creek Township.

The story so far

Eagle Creek Township, in brief

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

Eagle Creek Township is one of ten townships in Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 171 and it contained 96 housing units.

Its first post office opened in 1836. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 187 to 171 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Eagle Creek Township, 1836 to 1916

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1836Post officeThe Eagle Creek post office opens
  3. 1878Post officeThe Eagle Creek post office closes
  4. 1879Post officeThe Leamington post office opens
  5. 1883Post officeThe Kedron post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1904Post officeThe Leamington post office closes
  8. 1912Post officeThe Kedron post office closes
  9. 1916On 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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People over time

Eagle Creek Township, census by census

010020020002020Peak: 194

Between 171 and 194 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Eagle Creek Township

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

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James H. WilsonUnited States Army officer · b. 1837
David D. PhelpsAmerican politician · b. 1947
Kendall RhineAmerican basketball player · b. 1943
Samuel S. MarshallAmerican politician · b. 1821
William Augustus AyresAmerican politician · b. 1867
George BarkerAmerican politician in Virginia · b. 1951
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Mountain TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBowlesville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEquality Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Eagle Creek Township’s history

What year was Eagle Creek Township founded?

The Eagle Creek Township post office opened in 1836, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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.