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History · Mount Erie Township

Mount Erie Township’s post office opened in 1854, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 1880.

1854first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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How Mount Erie Township began

When was Mount Erie Township founded?

1854

The Mount Erie Township post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 294 in 18802020 census: 345172 years
Founding year: the first Mount Erie Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mount Erie Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Mount Erie Township, in brief

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

Mount Erie is a village in Wayne County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mount Erie had a population of 98.

Its first post office opened in 1854. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 370 to 345 (-7%).

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

By decade

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On the map

Mount Erie Township on the map, 1949 to 1971

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

Mount Erie Township on the 1949 USGS mapMount Erie Township on the 1971 USGS map1949Olney 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 Mount Erie Township.

People over time

Mount Erie Township, census by census

010020030018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 308

Between 88 and 308 people in every census since 1880.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Calhoun South Oil FieldoilfieldFarmer SchoolschoolGerber SchoolschoolMaple Grove Oil FieldoilfieldMiller Creek SchoolschoolMoultrie SchoolschoolNorth Ridge SchoolschoolNumber 4 SchoolschoolProvidence ChurchchurchShannon BridgebridgeSouth Ridge SchoolschoolVandaveer Schoolschool
8cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mount Erie Township
CrewsJohnsonLocust GroveMcKendreeMoutrayScottTraversWalker

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.

Decker TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMassilon TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townElm River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townZif TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Mount Erie Township’s history

What year was Mount Erie Township founded?

The Mount Erie Township post office opened in 1854, 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, 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.