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History · Hopkins Park

Hopkins Park’s post office opened in 1889

Most of Hopkins Park was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1922 on and the census since 1980.

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How Hopkins Park began

When was Hopkins Park founded?

1889

The Hopkins Park post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 673 in 19802020 census: 597137 years
Founding year: the first Hopkins Park post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hopkins Park’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 Hopkins Park are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Hopkins Park, in brief

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

Hopkins Park is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 597 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kankakee–Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1889. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 603 in 2010, 597 in 2020.

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

By decade

Hopkins Park, decade by decade

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On the map

Hopkins Park on the map in 1922

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hopkins Park.

Hopkins Park on the 1922 USGS map1922Momence 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 Hopkins Park.

People over time

Hopkins Park, census by census

0100200300400500600700198020002020Peak: 711

Between 597 and 711 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Hopkins Park

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

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Sam RiceAmerican baseball player · b. 1890
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Richard L. AlexanderAmerican boxer · b. 1914
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Hopkins Park’s post office has been open since 1889.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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Gone or out of use
Eyler Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Hopkins Park
Guiding Star Memorial

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

Questions about Hopkins Park’s history

What year was Hopkins Park founded?

The Hopkins Park post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (3), 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.