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History · Greenbush Township

Greenbush Township’s post office opened in 1838, and 15% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Greenbush Township began

When was Greenbush Township founded?

1838

The Greenbush Township post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Greenbush (1838), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 517188 years
Founding year: the first Greenbush Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Greenbush 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 Greenbush Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1838: 188 years of Greenbush Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Greenbush Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Greenbush Township, in brief

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

Greenbush is an unincorporated community in Warren County, Illinois, United States. Greenbush is 7 miles (11 km) east-southeast of Roseville.

Its first post office opened in 1838. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 533 to 517 (-3%).

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

By decade

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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Famous people

Famous people close to Greenbush Township

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

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James StockdaleUS Navy admiral and aviator · b. 1923
George Latimer BatesAmerican naturalist · b. 1863
Guy U. HardyAmerican politician · b. 1872
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Calvin B. HooverAmerican economist · b. 1897
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Frank F. RossUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1867
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Edward RobertsAmerican weight thrower · b. 1892
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Greenbush
Gone or out of use
Greenleaf SchoolschoolHalls SchoolschoolLong RLA AirportairportOlive SchoolschoolSailer SchoolschoolSaunders HospitalhospitalSimmons SchoolschoolSloey SchoolschoolStar SchoolschoolTaft Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Greenbush Township
BondGreenbushHolemanHolemanMcMahillOld Prairie City

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.

Union TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSwan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBerwick TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPrairie City TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Greenbush Township’s history

What year was Greenbush Township founded?

The Greenbush Township post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.