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History · Hardin Township

21% of Hardin Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1981 on.

0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hardin 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 Hardin Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Hardin Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hardin Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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.

Time
1854–1904
Independence
1881–1887
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
IndependenceTime
Gone or out of use
Clover SchoolschoolFranklin SchoolschoolHoney Creek SchoolschoolPleasant Grove SchoolschoolUnion Schoolschool
9cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hardin Township
Cox FamilyDanielsHolfordJohnsonKentTimeWatsonWillardWills

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

The story so far

Hardin Township, in brief

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

Hardin Township is located in Pike County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 212 and it contained 105 housing units.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 212 in 2010, 212 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Hardin Township, 1854 to 1981

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1854Post officeThe Time post office opens
  3. 1881Post officeThe Independence post office opens
  4. 1887Post officeThe Independence post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904Post officeThe Time post office closes
  7. 1981On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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

Hardin Township on the map, 1981 to 1990

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

Hardin Township on the 1981 USGS mapHardin Township on the 1990 USGS map1981Milton sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hardin Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Hardin Township

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

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Ryan CarnesAmerican actor · b. 1982
Timothy M. RoseAmerican actor and puppeteer · b. 1942
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Hobart R. GayUnited States Army general · b. 1894
Charles Russell DavisAmerican politician, Minnesota · b. 1849
George A. NeeleyAmerican politician · b. 1879
Russell W. KeeneyAmerican politician · b. 1897
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Martinsburg TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpring Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMontezuma TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNewburg 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.