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History · Kinkaid Township

12% of Kinkaid Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Kinkaid 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 Kinkaid Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Kinkaid Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kinkaid 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.

Dry Hill
1871–1877
Glenn
1892–1907
Crain
1894–1907
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CrainDry HillGlenn
Gone or out of use
Bower SchoolschoolCrain SchoolschoolDouglas SchoolschoolKinkaid Number 1 QuarrymineLogan SchoolschoolTalbot SchoolschoolWill Schoolschool
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Kinkaid Township
BowerJonesLeeMcBrideMcCormickWilsonWright

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

The story so far

Kinkaid Township, in brief

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

Kinkaid Township is one of sixteen townships in Jackson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 447 and it contained 225 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 486 to 447 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Kinkaid Township, 1871 to 1907

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Dry Hill post office opens
  3. 1877Post officeThe Dry Hill post office closes
  4. 1892Post officeThe Glenn post office opens
  5. 1894Post officeThe Crain post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1907Post officeThe Glenn post office closes
  8. 1907Post officeThe Crain post office closes
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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 Kinkaid Township

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

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E. C. SegarAmerican cartoonist · b. 1894
John A. LoganAmerican soldier and politician · b. 1826
Mike BostAmerican politician · b. 1960
Don OhlAmerican basketball player · b. 1936
Nora LaneActress · b. 1905
Bucky BockhornAmerican basketball player · b. 1933
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Levan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDegognia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFountain Bluff TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBradley 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 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.