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History · Northeast Township

37% of Northeast Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1946 on and old-book passages.

1on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Northeast 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 Northeast Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Northeast Township’s homes were built before 1948.
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The story so far

Northeast Township, in brief

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

Northeast Township is one of twenty-two townships in Adams County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 840 and it contained 398 housing units.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 840 in 2010, 836 in 2020.

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Northeast Township in 1919

Passages that mention Northeast Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Henrich R. Emminga came to America, landing at New Orleans, and reached the little community in Northeast Township of Adams County where Golden is now located in February, 1852. Here his services found reciprocal benefits
Quincy and Adams County history1919 · page 1167Read the page →
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Henrich R. Emminga came to America, landing at New Orleans, and reached the little community in Northeast Township of Adams County where Golden is now located in February, 1852. Here his services found reciprocal benefits

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

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

Northeast Township on the map, 1946 to 1981

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

Northeast Township on the 1946 USGS mapNortheast Township on the 1975 USGS mapNortheast Township on the 1981 USGS map1946Augusta 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 Northeast Township.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Northeast Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Northeast Township

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

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Adelaide JohnsonAmerican sculptor · b. 1859
Edmond H. MadisonAmerican politician · b. 1865
A. Arnim WhiteUnited States Army general · b. 1889
Eliza R. SunderlandAmerican writer, educator, lecturer, and women'… · b. 1839
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Earl TyreeAmerican baseball player · b. 1890
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Tesha BussAmerican politician from Vermont
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Bethel SchoolschoolElm Grove SchoolschoolPit 1 Triple S MineminePit 2 Triple S MineminePit 3 Triple S MineminePulaski SchoolschoolRobbins Landing StripairportUnion SchoolschoolWashington Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Northeast Township
LeenertsMount HorebWalker

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.

Huntsville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClayton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHouston Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAugusta 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, the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.