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History · McKee Township

26% of McKee Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1926 on.

0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about McKee 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 McKee Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old burying grounds12 cemeteries and burying grounds inside McKee Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how McKee Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Spring Valley
Gone or out of use
Amen SchoolschoolGreenwood SchoolschoolHighland SchoolschoolMaynard SchoolschoolNorth Rock SchoolschoolSpring Valley SchoolschoolWashington Grove Schoolschool
12cemeteries and burying grounds inside McKee Township
BurdenDurbinFairviewGoertzGradyHarwoodLierlyPadgettPerrigoSpring ValleyStevensWhitaker

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

McKee Township, in brief

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

McKee Township is one of twenty-two townships in Adams County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 192 and it contained 100 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 171 to 192 (+12%).

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

McKee Township on the map, 1926 to 1981

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

McKee Township on the 1926 USGS mapMcKee Township on the 1981 USGS map1926Mt Sterling 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 McKee Township.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Beverly TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLiberty TownshipIts storyBBuckhorn TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townConcord Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFairmount TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.