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History · Farmersville

Farmersville’s post office opened in 1879, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1923 on and the census since 1900.

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0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Farmersville began

When was Farmersville founded?

1879

The Farmersville post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 315 in 19002020 census: 689147 years
Founding year: the first Farmersville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Farmersville’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 Farmersville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Farmersville’s homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Farmersville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Farmersville, in brief

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

Farmersville is a village in Montgomery County, Illinois, United States. The population was 689 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1879. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 724 to 689 (-5%).

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

Timeline

Farmersville, 1879 to 1924

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Farmersville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1923On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1924Born hereMilt Welch is born here
By decade

Farmersville, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Farmersville, IL2026Farmersville, ILSnowy2013SnowyFarmersville Frosted2013Farmersville FrostedFarmersville2013FarmersvilleFarmersville2011Farmersville
On the map

Farmersville on the map, 1923 to 1979

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

Farmersville on the 1923 USGS mapFarmersville on the 1979 USGS map1923Raymond 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 Farmersville.

People over time

Farmersville, census by census

02004006008001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 768

Between 315 and 768 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Pitman TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBois D'Arc Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Farmersville’s history

What year was Farmersville founded?

The Farmersville post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.