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History · Lamoine Township

Lamoine Township’s post office opened in 1840, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1913 on.

1840first post office
0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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How Lamoine Township began

When was Lamoine Township founded?

1840

The Lamoine Township post office opened in 1840, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, La Moine (1840), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 478186 years
Founding year: the first Lamoine Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lamoine 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 Lamoine Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1840: 186 years of Lamoine Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lamoine Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Timeline

Lamoine Township, 1840 to 1913

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1840Post officeThe La Moine post office opens
  3. 1844Post officeThe La Moine post office closes
  4. 1858Post officeThe Colmar post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1913On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Lamoine Township, in brief

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

Lamoine Township is located in McDonough County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 516 and it contained 172 housing units.

Its first post office opened in 1840. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 516 to 478 (-7%).

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

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

Lamoine Township on the map, 1913 to 1974

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

Lamoine Township on the 1913 USGS mapLamoine Township on the 1974 USGS map1913Colchester 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 Lamoine Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Lamoine Township

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

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Elizabeth MagieAmerican board game designer · b. 1866
Adelaide JohnsonAmerican sculptor · b. 1859
Marcus DunstanAmerican film director and screenwriter · b. 1975
Al SearsAmerican jazz tenor saxophonist · b. 1910
Edward Thomas NoonanAmerican politician · b. 1861
Edmond H. MadisonAmerican politician · b. 1865
Places that used to be

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

Another post office, La Moine, opened and closed inside today’s town.

La Moine
1840–1844
Colmar
1858–today
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Colmar
Gone or out of use
Buncombe SchoolschoolColmar-Plymouth Oil FieldoilfieldDowacter AirportairportDuncan ChurchchurchEast SchoolschoolLamoine ChapelchurchNorth SchoolschoolShanghai SchoolschoolStookey SchoolschoolUnion SchoolschoolWhite Flock Congregational ChurchchurchWhite Flock Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Lamoine Township
White Flock

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Bethel TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTennessee TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSt. Mary TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBirmingham TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lamoine Township’s history

What year was Lamoine Township founded?

The Lamoine Township post office opened in 1840, 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 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.