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History · Huntsville Township

Huntsville Township’s post office opened in 1836, and 67% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1946 on.

1836first post office
0on the National Register
67%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Huntsville Township began

When was Huntsville Township founded?

1836

The Huntsville Township post office opened in 1836, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Pine Grove (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 136190 years
Founding year: the first Huntsville Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Huntsville 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 Huntsville Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Huntsville Township’s homes were built before 1938.Deep rootsA post office since 1836: 190 years of Huntsville Township.
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Start Huntsville Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Huntsville Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Huntsville Township, in brief

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

Huntsville is an unincorporated community in Schuyler County, Illinois, United States. Huntsville is southeast of Augusta. Huntsville had a post office, which closed on September 18, 2004.

Its first post office opened in 1836. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 150 to 136 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Huntsville Township, 1836 to 1946

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1836Post officeThe Huntsville post office opens
  3. 1839Born hereEliza R. Sunderland is born here
  4. 1890Born hereEarl Tyree is born here
  5. 1892Post officeThe Pine Grove post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1904Post officeThe Pine Grove post office closes
  8. 1946On 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

Huntsville Township on the map, 1946 to 1981

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

Huntsville Township on the 1946 USGS mapHuntsville Township on the 1981 USGS map1946Augusta 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 Huntsville Township.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Huntsville Township

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Eliza R. SunderlandAmerican writer, educator, lecturer, and women'… · b. 1839
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Earl TyreeAmerican baseball player · b. 1890
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Pine Grove, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Huntsville
1836–today
Pine Grove
1892–1904
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HuntsvilleMindale
Gone or out of use
Baxter SchoolschoolCane Hill SchoolschoolCenter Grove SchoolschoolClark SchoolschoolLambert MinemineNebo SchoolschoolPine Grove SchoolschoolPit 10 Cedar Creek MineminePit 11 Cedar Creek MineminePit 12 Cedar Creek MineminePit 17 Cedar Creek MineminePit 18 Cedar Creek MineminePit 4 Cedar Creek MineminePit 4 Triple S MineminePit 5 Triple S MineminePit 6 Cedar Creek MineminePit 8 Cedar Creek MinemineSouth Prairie Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Huntsville Township
GillespieHuntsvilleKingPettijohn GravePruntySimms

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Camden TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBirmingham TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNortheast Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPea Ridge TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClayton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Huntsville Township’s history

What year was Huntsville Township founded?

The Huntsville Township post office opened in 1836, 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, 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.