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History · Johannisburg Township

Johannisburg Township’s post office opened in 1883, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Johannisburg Township began

When was Johannisburg Township founded?

1883

The Johannisburg Township post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Johanesburgh (1869), Stone Church (1874) and Johannisburg (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 500143 years
Founding year: the first Johannisburg Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Johannisburg 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 Johannisburg Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Johannisburg Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Johannisburg Township’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Johannisburg Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Johanesburgh
1869–1883
Stone Church
1874–1909
Johannisburg
1883–1908
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
JohannisburgStone Church
Gone or out of use
Stone Church Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Johannisburg Township
Saint DamianSaint John United Church of Christ

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

The story so far

Johannisburg Township, in brief

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

Johannisburg Township is located in Washington County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 511 and it contained 227 housing units.

Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 511 to 500 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Johannisburg Township, 1869 to 1909

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869Post officeThe Johanesburgh post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Stone Church post office opens
  4. 1883Post officeThe Johanesburgh post office closes
  5. 1883Post officeThe Johannisburg post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1908Post officeThe Johannisburg post office closes
  8. 1909Post officeThe Stone Church post office closes
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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lively Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVenedy TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPlum Hill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Johannisburg Township’s history

What year was Johannisburg Township founded?

The Johannisburg Township post office opened in 1883, 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 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.