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History · Grove Township

Half of Grove Township’s homes were built after 1972

Most of Grove Township was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1972. Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Grove 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 Grove Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Grove Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grove Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Island Creek
1855–1870
Gila
1882–1908
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GilaIsland Grove
Gone or out of use
Excelsior SchoolschoolFairfield ChurchchurchFrazier SchoolschoolIsley AirportairportKerns Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Grove Township
BrewerDielFairfieldIsland CreekKernsMyer

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Grove Township, in brief

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

Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Jasper County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 618 and it contained 254 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 618 to 595 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Grove Township, 1855 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Island Creek post office opens
  3. 1870Post officeThe Island Creek post office closes
  4. 1882Post officeThe Gila post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1908Post officeThe Gila post office closes
  7. 1953On 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

Grove Township on the map, 1953 to 1998

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

Grove Township on the 1953 USGS mapGrove Township on the 1985 USGS mapGrove Township on the 1998 USGS map1953Teutopolis 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 Grove Township.

People over time

Grove Township, census by census

010020030040050060020002020Peak: 618

Between 595 and 618 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Grove Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Grove Township

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

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Carl A. KemmeCatholic bishop in the United States · b. 1960
Jimmy KiteAmerican racing driver · b. 1976
Edwin B. BrooksAmerican politician · b. 1868
Daniel WinklerAmerican baseball player · b. 1990
Laurence F. ArnoldAmerican politician · b. 1891
Ross WolfMajor League Baseball Player · b. 1982
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Crooked Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWade Township1 historic placeBNorth Muddy TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSt. Francis TownshipIts storyCSpring Point TownshipIts storyC−

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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, U.S. Census counts (via 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.