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History · Frederick Township

Frederick Township’s post office opened in 1887, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1926 on.

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How Frederick Township began

When was Frederick Township founded?

1887

The Frederick Township post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Fredericksville (1846), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 152139 years
Founding year: the first Frederick Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Frederick 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 Frederick Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Frederick Township’s homes were built before 1944.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Frederick Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Frederick Township, in brief

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

Frederick is an unincorporated community in Schuyler County, Illinois, United States. Frederick is near the Illinois River, 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Beardstown. Frederick has a post office with ZIP code 62639.

Its first post office opened in 1887. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 176 to 152 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Frederick Township, 1846 to 1926

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1846Post officeThe Fredericksville post office opens
  3. 1887Post officeThe Fredericksville post office closes
  4. 1887Post officeThe Frederick post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1926On 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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On the map

Frederick Township on the map, 1926 to 1981

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

Frederick Township on the 1926 USGS mapFrederick Township on the 1944 USGS mapFrederick Township on the 1975 USGS mapFrederick Township on the 1981 USGS map1926Beardstown 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 Frederick Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Frederick Township

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

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John Bell HatcherAmerican paleontologist · b. 1861
Red NorvoAmerican musician · b. 1908
John Calhoun PhillipsAmerican politician · b. 1870
Andrew C. McLaughlinAmerican historian · b. 1861
Scott W. LucasAmerican politician · b. 1892
Stanley J. KorsmeyerAmerican oncologist · b. 1950
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Fredericksville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Fredericksville
1846–1887
Frederick
1887–today
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Hamlets and corners on the map
Frederick
Gone or out of use
Onion Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Frederick Township
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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.

Browning TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBeardstown Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRushville Township2 historic placesA−Bainbridge TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBluff Springs TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Frederick Township’s history

What year was Frederick Township founded?

The Frederick Township post office opened in 1887, 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, 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.