The Panther Creek Township post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1923. Five smaller post offices, Panther Creek (1837), Berryton (1850) and Garner (1870), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 849 in 19302020 census: 306189 years
Founding year: the first Panther Creek Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1923.
What stands out about Panther Creek Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Panther Creek
1837–1856
Berryton
1850–1892
Garner
1870–1878
Sylvan
1885–1905
Anderson
1888–1899
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Hamlets and corners on the map
AndersonPalmertonSylvan
Gone or out of use
Berryton Post Officepost officeGarner Post Officepost officeMorgan SchoolschoolPleasant Hill SchoolschoolPontiac SchoolschoolQuebec SchoolschoolScience Hill SchoolschoolVictory Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Panther Creek Township
BellHolmes CampgroundPontiac
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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Panther Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Cass County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 306 and it contained 149 housing units.
Its first post office opened in 1837. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 291 to 306 (+5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Panther Creek Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1932Virginia 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 Panther Creek Township.
People over time
Panther Creek Township, census by census
Between 289 and 849 people in every census since 1930.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Panther Creek Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Panther Creek Township
Nobody well known was born in Panther Creek Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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 Wikimedia Commons (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
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