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History · Media Township

Media Township’s post office opened in 1888, and 44% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Media Township began

When was Media Township founded?

1888

The Media Township post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, South Prarie (1862), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 361138 years
Founding year: the first Media Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Media 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 Media Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Media Township’s homes were built before 1949.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Media Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Media Township, in brief

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

Media is a village in Henderson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 121 at the 2020 census, up from 107 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Burlington, IA–IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 392 to 361 (-8%).

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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Famous people

Famous people close to Media Township

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

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Emma Smith DeVoeAmerican suffragette · b. 1848
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Helen NielsenAmerican author and script writer · b. 1918
Charles Lincoln EdwardsAmerican zoologist · b. 1863
James McKinneyAmerican politician · b. 1852
Hi WestAmerican baseball player · b. 1884
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Worth RyderAmerican artist · b. 1884
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, South Prarie, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Barry SchoolschoolEllison SchoolschoolHeisler SchoolschoolMcCartney SchoolschoolNeff AirportairportRankin SchoolschoolSouth Prairie Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Media Township
AdairDavidsonWalnut Grove

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.

Raritan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBiggsville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEllison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStronghurst TownshipIts storyC+

Questions about Media Township’s history

What year was Media Township founded?

The Media Township post office opened in 1888, 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 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.