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History · Flint Township

Flint Township’s post office opened in 1856, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Griggsville Landing Lime Kiln. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1924 on.

1856first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Flint Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Flint Township began

When was Flint Township founded?

1856

The Flint Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 89170 years
Founding year: the first Flint Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Flint 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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19243 editions of the USGS map, 1924 to 1998. Watch Flint Township change.
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Start Flint Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewGriggsville Landing: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Flint Township on the map, 1924 to 1998

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

Flint Township on the 1924 USGS mapFlint Township on the 1980 USGS mapFlint Township on the 1998 USGS map1924Griggsville 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 Flint Township.

The story so far

Flint Township, in brief

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

Flint Township is located in Pike County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 96 and it contained 47 housing units.

Its first post office opened in 1856. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 96 to 89 (-7%).

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

By decade

Flint Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s1 item
Griggsville Landing1913Griggsville Landing
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today2 recent
2022-09-09 18 58 11 UTC minus 5 Aerial view of the Illinois River along the border of Scott County, Morgan County and P…20222022-09-09 18 58 11 UTC minus 5 Aerial view of the Il…2022-09-09 18 58 10 UTC minus 5 Aerial view of the Illinois River along the border of Scott County, Morgan County and P…20222022-09-09 18 58 10 UTC minus 5 Aerial view of the Il…
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Griggsville Landing
Retake this viewGriggsville Landing, 1913

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Flint Township’s page.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Flint Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1999
Griggsville Landing Lime Kiln
Griggsville Landing Lime Kiln
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Periodic Lime Kiln1
All 1 listings
Griggsville Landing Lime KilnStructure · listed 1999

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
North Flint SchoolschoolSouth Flint SchoolschoolValley City Quarrymine
1cemetery inside Flint Township
Anderson

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.

Griggsville Township1 historic placeA+Chambersburg TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDetroit TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townValley CityIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNewburg TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Flint Township’s history

What year was Flint Township founded?

The Flint Township post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Flint Township?

One place: the Griggsville Landing Lime Kiln (listed 1999).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (3), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.