Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1939 on and the census since 1880.
The Ewing post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ewing’s history is told.
Peaked at 419 in 1900; 300 people lived here in 2020.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Ewing’s Wikipedia page.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ewing yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Ewing is a village in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 300 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1850. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 307 to 300 (-2%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Ewing, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Ewing Township lies west of Northern. It took its name from the postoffice, first established in Rawling’s Prairie in Benton Township, then later the office was moved to upper Ewing as it was called, as Richard Richerson had established woolen mills at this point. This was the original Ewing town.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Schools began a select school at Frizzell Prairie Baptist Church. Dur¬ ing the time of this select school the citizens organized the Ewing High School. In 1874, the Ewing High School was merged into Ewing College. Dr. Washburn was president of the college except about four years, until about 1891 when Dr. J. A. Leavitt became president and continued so for many years. Since then, Prof. Arthur Summers has been president.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ewing. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ewing.
The Ewing post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
