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History · Mona Township

76% of Mona Township’s homes were built before 1940

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What stands out about Mona Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Mona Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Mona Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story so far

Mona Township, in brief

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

Mona Township is one of twelve townships in Ford County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 267 and it contained 130 housing units. The township was formed as Delhi Township from a portion of Rogers Township on March 2, 1870; its name was changed to Mona Township on June 16, 1870.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 334 to 267 (-20%).

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

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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 Mona Township

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

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Arnold BeckmanAmerican chemist · b. 1900
Alice GentleAmerican opera singer · b. 1885
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Joseph ZellerAmerican politician in Pennsylvania · b. 1918
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Dennis Edward SpiesAmerican Catholic bishop · b. 1968
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Frank GriffithAmerican baseball player · b. 1872
Elmer KoestnerAmerican baseball player · b. 1885
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Sugar Loaf, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Columbia SchoolschoolDonahue SchoolschoolDrendel SchoolschoolHeavisides SchoolschoolKeighin SchoolschoolMcKinney SchoolschoolScott SchoolschoolSugar Loaf Post Officepost officeSullivan Schoolschool
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Mona Township

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.

Rogers TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPella TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSullivan 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 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.