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History · Haines Township

13% of Haines Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Haines 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 Haines Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Haines Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Haines 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

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

Foxville
1872–1900
Bell
1885–1889
Cartter
1895–1957
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CartterFoxville
Gone or out of use
Beard SchoolschoolBell SchoolschoolByars SchoolschoolCartter Post Officepost officeCherry Ridge SchoolschoolHarveys Point SchoolschoolPalestine SchoolschoolPanhandle SchoolschoolTelford Schoolschool
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Haines Township
BellByarsHarveys PointPurdueWham Hill

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

The story so far

Haines Township, in brief

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

Haines Township is located in Marion County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,002 and it contained 422 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,002 to 844 (-16%).

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

Timeline

Haines Township, 1872 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Foxville post office opens
  3. 1885Post officeThe Bell post office opens
  4. 1889Post officeThe Bell post office closes
  5. 1895Post officeThe Cartter post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1900Post officeThe Foxville post office closes
  8. 1957Post officeThe Cartter post office closes
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 Haines Township

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

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William Sherman JenningsAmerican politician · b. 1863
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George CorbettAmerican football player · b. 1908
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Jack RichardsonAmerican baseball player · b. 1892
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Ephraim S. Claybournb. 1851
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Raccoon TownshipIts storyCRomine TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStevenson TownshipIts storyDField 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 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.