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History · Greenville Township

59% of Greenville Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1949 on.

0on the National Register
59%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Greenville 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 Greenville Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Greenville Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Greenville Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Greenville Township, in brief

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

Greenville Township is one of twenty-five townships in Bureau County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 353 and it contained 153 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 366 to 353 (-4%).

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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On the map

Greenville Township on the map, 1949 to 1982

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

Greenville Township on the 1949 USGS mapGreenville Township on the 1982 USGS map1949Walnut 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 Greenville Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Greenville Township

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

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Neil ReaganAmerican actor (1908–1996); older brother of Ro… · b. 1908
Joseph M. ReevesUnited States Navy admiral · b. 1872
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Red GunkelAmerican baseball player · b. 1894
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Bill AndersonAmerican football, basketball, and baseball coa… · b. 1891
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Normandy
Gone or out of use
Bowen SchoolschoolChurch SchoolschoolHunt SchoolschoolMeek SchoolschoolWhite SchoolschoolWoodley Aerial Spray Airportairport
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Greenville Township
BowenFairfieldNew Bedford Chapel

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.

Fairfield Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townManlius Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWalnut TownshipIts storyB−Hahnaman 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, 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.