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History · Ohio Grove Township

71% of Ohio Grove Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1923 on.

0on the National Register
71%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Ohio Grove 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 Ohio Grove Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Ohio Grove Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Ohio Grove Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ohio Grove Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Pope Creek
1838–1866
Sunbeam
1853–1902
Duck Creek
1858–1890
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Sunbeam
Gone or out of use
Calhoun SchoolschoolCenterville SchoolschoolDuck Creek Post Officepost officeDuck Creek SchoolschoolLegal Corner SchoolschoolOhio Grove ChurchchurchOhio Grove SchoolschoolPrairie Rose SchoolschoolRobb SchoolschoolScaly Point SchoolschoolSunbeam Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Ohio Grove Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Ohio Grove Township, in brief

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

Ohio Grove Township is located in Mercer County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 279 and it contained 116 housing units. Ohio Grove Township changed its name from Ohio sometime after 1921.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 279 to 249 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Ohio Grove Township, 1838 to 1923

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1838Post officeThe Pope Creek post office opens
  3. 1853Post officeThe Sunbeam post office opens
  4. 1858Post officeThe Duck Creek post office opens
  5. 1866Post officeThe Pope Creek post office closes
  6. 1890Post officeThe Duck Creek post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1902Post officeThe Sunbeam post office closes
  9. 1923On 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.

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On the map

Ohio Grove Township on the map, 1923 to 1982

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

Ohio Grove Township on the 1923 USGS mapOhio Grove Township on the 1982 USGS map1923Alexis 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 Ohio Grove Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Ohio Grove Township

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

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Suzy BoggussAmerican musician · b. 1956
Ben W. OlcottAmerican politician · b. 1872
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Doris LeeAmerican painter, printmaker and muralist · b. 1905
Judson Churchill WelliverAmerican speechwriter · b. 1870
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Charles S. WhartonU.S. Representative · b. 1875
H. L. CarnahanAmerican politician (1879–1941); Lieutenant Gov… · b. 1879
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Abington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMercer Township4 historic placesASumner TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSuez TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBald Bluff 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 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.