The Hallock Township post office opened in 1860, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, North Hampton (1838), Southampton (1847) and Blue Ridge (1860), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,588166 years
How historic is Hallock Township?
B−
More historic than 47% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Hallock Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Hallock Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hallock Township is more historic than 47% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Hallock Township’s overall grade.
Few Illinois towns list much on the Register (a typical Illinois town has 0.5 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Hallock Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Illinois towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±13.2 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Hallock Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
North Hampton
1838–1902
Southampton
1847–1887
Blue Ridge
1860–1860
Hallock
1860–1902
Edelstein
1888–today
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Hamlets and corners on the map
EdelsteinNorth Hampton
Gone or out of use
Blue Ridge SchoolschoolCenterville SchoolschoolPleasant View SchoolschoolSouthampton SchoolschoolUnion Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hallock Township
Blue RidgeNorth HamptonWest Hallock
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Hallock Township on the map, 1893 to 1982
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hallock Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1893Dunlap 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 Hallock Township.
The story so far
Hallock Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hallock Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Hallock Township is located in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,600 and it contained 619 housing units.
Its first post office opened in 1860. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,600 in 2010, 1,588 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Hallock Township, 1838 to 1902
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Hallock Township post office opened in 1860, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Hallock Township rank for history?
Hallock Township is more historic than 47% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Hallock Township?
27% of Hallock Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±13.2 points), against a typical 11% for an Illinois town; the median home was built in 1973.
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).
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.
