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History · Fountain Creek Township

85% of Fountain Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1939 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
85%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fountain Creek Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Fountain Creek Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Fountain Creek Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story so far

Fountain Creek Township, in brief

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

Fountain Creek Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 315 and it contained 135 housing units. Fountain Creek Township formed from a portion of Ash Grove Township on September 15, 1868.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 368 to 315 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Fountain Creek Township, 1882 to 1939

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Claytonville post office opens
  3. 1882Post officeThe Goodwine post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1939On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Fountain Creek Township on the map, 1939 to 1986

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

Fountain Creek Township on the 1939 USGS mapFountain Creek Township on the 1949 USGS mapFountain Creek Township on the 1986 USGS map1939Cissna Park 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 Fountain Creek Township.

People over time

Fountain Creek Township, census by census

010020030040050020002020Peak: 449

Between 315 and 449 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Fountain Creek Township

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

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Curtiss LaQ. DayAmerican aviator · b. 1895
J
Jean HixsonAmerican aviator · b. 1922
Thad MattaAmerican basketball player-coach · b. 1967
Tom HamiltonAmerican football player · b. 1905
Frankie GustineAmerican baseball player · b. 1920
Antoinette DowningAmerican historian · b. 1904
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Claytonville
1882–today
Goodwine
1882–today
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ClaytonvilleFountain CreekGoodwine
Gone or out of use
Bundan SchoolschoolCarey SchoolschoolLeemon SchoolschoolWise Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Fountain Creek Township
Old Apostolic Christian

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.

Ash Grove Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPigeon Grove TownshipIts storyBCissna ParkIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLovejoy TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townButler TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.