The story
Read it all →How Nameoki Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Nameoki Township.
Nameoki is derived from a Native American name meaning "smoky".
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Nameoki Township
Half of Nameoki Township’s homes were built after 1974
More historic than 24% of U.S. towns · #592 of 768 in Illinois. What drives it
Most of Nameoki Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1935 on.
0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
About Nameoki Township’s history
How historic is Nameoki Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 24% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Nameoki Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Nameoki Township is more historic than 24% of U.S. towns, #592 of 768 in Illinois. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Nameoki Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19407.5% of homes (±4.2) · typical IL town 10.6% · U.S. 8.4%C+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical IL town 0.5 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 24%
NewerOlder
Illinois towns of 2,500+ (768)Ahead of 23%
Few Illinois towns list much on the Register (a typical Illinois town has 0.5 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Nameoki Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Illinois towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.2 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Nameoki Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out
Start Nameoki Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nameoki Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Nameoki Township, 1884 to 1935
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1884Post officeThe Stallings post office opens
- 20th century
- 1914Post officeThe Stallings post office closes
- 1935
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the map
Nameoki Township on the map, 1935 to 1993
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Nameoki Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1935Monks Mound sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Nameoki Township.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Nameoki Township
Nobody well known was born in Nameoki Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Dick DurbinUnited States Senator from Illinois · b. 1944
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Dawn Harper-NelsonAmerican hurdler · b. 1984
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone
Another post office, Stallings, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
StallingsState Park Place
Gone or out of use
Bend Schoolschool
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.
Questions about Nameoki Township’s history
How does Nameoki Township rank for history?
Nameoki Township is more historic than 24% of U.S. towns, #592 of 768 in Illinois. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Nameoki Township?
8% of Nameoki Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.2 points), against a typical 11% for an Illinois town; the median home was built in 1974.
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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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).
From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.