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History · Hoyleton

Hoyleton’s post office opened in 1857, and 51% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1932 on and the census since 1880.

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How Hoyleton began

When was Hoyleton founded?

1857

The Hoyleton post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 312 in 18802020 census: 520169 years
Founding year: the first Hoyleton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hoyleton’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 Hoyleton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Hoyleton’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hoyleton’s history is told.

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The story so far

Hoyleton, in brief

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

Hoyleton is a village in Washington County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hoyleton had a population of 520.

Its first post office opened in 1857. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 531 to 520 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Hoyleton, 1857 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Hoyleton post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1932On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1970Born hereKirk Rueter is born here
By decade

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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

Hoyleton on the map, 1932 to 1974

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

Hoyleton on the 1932 USGS mapHoyleton on the 1974 USGS map1932Nashville 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 Hoyleton.

People over time

Hoyleton, census by census

010020030040050060018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 542

Between 312 and 542 people in every census since 1880.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Questions about Hoyleton’s history

What year was Hoyleton founded?

The Hoyleton post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.