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History · Long Point Township

Long Point Township’s post office opened in 1847, and 65% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1958 on and the census since 1900.

1847first post office
1on the National Register
65%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Long Point Township began

When was Long Point Township founded?

1847

The Long Point Township post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 284 in 19002020 census: 464179 years
Founding year: the first Long Point Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Long Point 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 Long Point Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Long Point Township’s homes were built before 1938.Deep rootsA post office since 1847: 179 years of Long Point Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Long Point Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Long Point Township, in brief

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

Long Point is a village in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Long Point had a population of 204.

Its first post office opened in 1847. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 498 to 464 (-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

Long Point Township on the map, 1958 to 1998

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

Long Point Township on the 1958 USGS mapLong Point Township on the 1983 USGS mapLong Point Township on the 1998 USGS map1958Flanagan 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 Long Point Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Long Point Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Long Point Township, census by census

01002003001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 313

Between 204 and 313 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Long Point Township’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Argobright SchoolschoolMoon Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Long Point Township
Long Point

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.

Reading TownshipIts storyB−Amity TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGroveland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNebraska TownshipIts storyB

Questions about Long Point Township’s history

What year was Long Point Township founded?

The Long Point Township post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.