Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1928 on and the census since 1960.
Goodfield dates its founding to 1888 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1960.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Goodfield’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Goodfield.
The site of Goodfield was surveyed for John Guth of Washington, Illinois, on August 29, 1888. The name Goodfield is believed to derive from Guthville (via Goodville), named after John Guth.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Goodfield, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The Goodfield church was erected in 1891 and the pastor who served the Deer Creek church since that time has preached at Goodfield every alternate Sabbatii.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
plement business. In 1891 a Baptist church was erected there and is still prosperous. It is a part of the Deer Creek charge. The same year a Methodist church was erected north of Goodfield, known as Galey chapel. Rev. A. 0. II. de la Gardie being pastor at the time. This has since been abandoned and sold, A handsome brick school house has recently been erected and two teachers are now employed. It was erected in 1907. Simon Naffzinger has become a prominent
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Goodfield. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Goodfield.
Grew from 286 people in 1960 to 936 in 2020, 3 times over.
7 censuses, 1960–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Goodfield’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Goodfield itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
In 1888, according to Wikidata. Goodfield’s post office opened in 1889, and the census of 1960 counted 286 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
