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History · Hickory Hill Township

11% of Hickory Hill Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1947 on.

0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hickory Hill 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 Hickory Hill Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Hickory Hill Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hickory Hill 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.

Keenville
1850–1906
Crisp
1899–1905
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CrispKeenesville
Gone or out of use
Anderson SchoolschoolBrown SchoolschoolCoil Oil FieldoilfieldEagle SchoolschoolEllis SchoolschoolGarrison SchoolschoolMills SchoolschoolNorth Lilly SchoolschoolPark SchoolschoolPleasant Valley SchoolschoolSouth Lilly Schoolschool
10cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hickory Hill Township
AndersonAtteberryBradfordCraskDobbsForthGarrison TempleTen Post OakTylerWolfe

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

The story so far

Hickory Hill Township, in brief

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

Hickory Hill Township is located in Wayne County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 413 and it contained 177 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 413 to 367 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Hickory Hill Township, 1850 to 1947

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe Keenville post office opens
  3. 1899Post officeThe Crisp post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Post officeThe Crisp post office closes
  6. 1906Post officeThe Keenville post office closes
  7. 1947On 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

Hickory Hill Township on the map, 1947 to 1973

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

Hickory Hill Township on the 1947 USGS mapHickory Hill Township on the 1973 USGS map1947Wayne City 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 Hickory Hill Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Hickory Hill Township

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

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Bill TrotterAmerican baseball player · b. 1908
Warren W. DuncanAmerican judge · b. 1857
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A. T. HillAmerican archaeologist · b. 1871
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Four Mile TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFarrington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBerry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOrchard TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOrel 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, 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.