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History · Hutsonville

Hutsonville’s post office opened in 1833, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Hutsonville began

When was Hutsonville founded?

1833

The Hutsonville post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 478193 years
Founding year: the first Hutsonville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hutsonville’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 Hutsonville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Hutsonville’s homes were built before 1954.Deep rootsA post office since 1833: 193 years of Hutsonville.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hutsonville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Hutsonville, in brief

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

Hutsonville is a village in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 478 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1833. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 554 to 478 (-14%).

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

By decade

Hutsonville, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Village Hall in2011Village Hall inNorth Main in2011North Main inHutsonville post office2011Hutsonville post officeHutsonville business district2011Hutsonville business district
Famous people

Famous people close to Hutsonville

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

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James JonesAmerican author · b. 1921
William Harrison HaysAmerican politician · b. 1879
Fred DuboisAmerican politician · b. 1851
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Robert BrubakerAmerican actor · b. 1916
Dick Thompson MorganAmerican politician · b. 1853
Frank AydelotteAmerican scholar · b. 1880

Questions about Hutsonville’s history

What year was Hutsonville founded?

The Hutsonville post office opened in 1833, 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 Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.