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History · Kane Township

Kane Township’s post office opened in 1832, and 47% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Kane Township began

When was Kane Township founded?

1832

The Kane Township post office opened in 1832, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Jalapa (1850), Waller (1895) and Jalappa (1900), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 758194 years
Founding year: the first Kane Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Kane 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 Kane Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Kane Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Kane Township’s homes were built before 1947.Deep rootsA post office since 1832: 194 years of Kane Township.
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Start Kane Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kane 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.

Jalapa
1850–1859
Waller
1895–1899
Jalappa
1900–1903
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
ConwayvilleJalapaMid CityOld Kane
Gone or out of use
Brushy SchoolschoolBryan SchoolschoolGreen Persimmon SchoolschoolNewbury SchoolschoolSunrise SchoolschoolWhite SchoolschoolWhiteoak SchoolschoolWoodbury Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Kane Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Kane Township, in brief

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

Kane is a village in Greene County, Illinois, United States. The population was 296 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1832. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 995 to 758 (-24%).

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

Timeline

Kane Township, 1850 to 1903

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850Post officeThe Jalapa post office opens
  3. 1859Post officeThe Jalapa post office closes
  4. 1895Post officeThe Waller post office opens
  5. 1899Post officeThe Waller post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1900Post officeThe Jalappa post office opens
  8. 1903Post officeThe Jalappa 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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Famous people

Famous people close to Kane Township

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

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Karen AllenAmerican actress · b. 1951
Marcus RenoUnion Army general · b. 1834
Eulabee DixAmerican artist · b. 1878
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Arthur Scott KingAmerican astrophysicist · b. 1876
Henry Thomas RaineyAmerican politician · b. 1860
Hugh W. CrossAmerican politician, lawyer, farmer, and busine… · b. 1896
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Woodville Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRockbridge TownshipIts storyB−English TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJersey Township5 historic placesACarrollton Township4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLinder TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Kane Township’s history

What year was Kane Township founded?

The Kane Township post office opened in 1832, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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.