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History · Hurricane Township

Half of Hurricane Township’s homes were built after 1968

Most of Hurricane Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1968. Below: maps from 1944 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Hurricane 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 Hurricane Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Hurricane Township, in brief

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

Hurricane Township is one of twenty townships in Fayette County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 222 and it contained 93 housing units. The township achieved its current shape after South Hurricane Township split from it sometime after 1921.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 257 to 222 (-14%).

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

By decade

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On the map

Hurricane Township on the map, 1944 to 1998

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

Hurricane Township on the 1944 USGS mapHurricane Township on the 1998 USGS map1944Ramsey 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 Hurricane Township.

People over time

Hurricane Township, census by census

010020020002020Peak: 257

Between 222 and 257 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Craigtown SchoolschoolFairview SchoolschoolMount Zion SchoolschoolSuccess SchoolschoolVirden Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hurricane Township
CaseyCraigHalfordLittle HickoryMount CarmelStokes

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.

Ramsey TownshipIts storyC+South Hurricane TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAudubon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFillmore Consolidated 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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.