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Golf’s post office opened in 1898, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

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When was Golf founded?

1898

The Golf post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 514128 years
Founding year: the first Golf post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Golf’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 Golf are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Golf’s homes were built before 1962.
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How Golf came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Golf.

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The village of Golf occupies approximately half a square mile in Cook County, Illinois, roughly 17 miles (27 km) northwest of the Loop.

The land which is now the village was originally inhabited by Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi peoples. It was designated for their settlement in the August 1825 First Treaty of Prairie du Chien.

Around 1830, John Dewes purchased 400 acres (160 ha) for 50 cents an acre from Antoine Ouilmette and became the first non-Indian settler in what is now Golf. Dewes first built a log cabin, then in 1834 he built a brick house - a mansion at the time. Both structures remain on the grounds of what is now the Glen View Club.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Golf, decade by decade

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Glen View Club2024Glen View ClubDiederich Park2024Diederich ParkGolf Metra Station2010Golf Metra Station
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History across the town line

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Questions about Golf’s history

What year was Golf founded?

The Golf post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (3), 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.