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History · Johnson Township

22% of Johnson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1956 on.

0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Johnson 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 Johnson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Johnson Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Johnson Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Oak Point
1861–1902
Moriah
1893–1915
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Hogue TownMoriahOak Point
Gone or out of use
Cottonwood SchoolschoolNorth Johnson Oil FieldoilfieldSouth Johnson Oil FieldoilfieldZoar Churchchurch
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Johnson Township
BaughmanMountRestitution

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

The story so far

Johnson Township, in brief

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

Johnson Township is one of fifteen townships in Clark County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 355 and it contained 154 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 383 to 355 (-7%).

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

Timeline

Johnson Township, 1861 to 1956

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1861Post officeThe Oak Point post office opens
  3. 1893Post officeThe Moriah post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902Post officeThe Oak Point post office closes
  6. 1915Post officeThe Moriah post office closes
  7. 1956On 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

Johnson Township on the map, 1956 to 1998

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

Johnson Township on the 1956 USGS mapJohnson Township on the 1985 USGS mapJohnson Township on the 1998 USGS map1956Annapolis 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 Johnson Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Crooked Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOrange TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCasey TownshipIts storyB

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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, 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.