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History · Pea Ridge Township

The history of Pea Ridge Township

Below: maps from 1946 on.

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The story so far

Pea Ridge Township, in brief

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Pea Ridge Township is one of nine townships in Brown County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 163 and it contained 89 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 188 to 163 (-13%).

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

Timeline

Pea Ridge Township, 1894 to 1946

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Damon post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Damon post office closes
  5. 1946On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Pea Ridge Township on the map, 1946 to 1981

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

Pea Ridge Township on the 1946 USGS mapPea Ridge 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 Pea Ridge Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Pea Ridge Township

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

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John Bell HatcherAmerican paleontologist · b. 1861
John AndersonAmerican actor · b. 1922
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Allan NevinsAmerican historian and journalist · b. 1890
William H. DieterichAmerican politician · b. 1876
John R. ConnellyAmerican politician, Kansas · b. 1870
J. Leroy AdairAmerican politician · b. 1887
Places that used to be

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

Another post office, Damon, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Damon
Gone or out of use
Bates MinemineCruser MinemineEbenezer SchoolschoolMound SchoolschoolPell SchoolschoolPit 16 Cedar Creek MineminePoe SchoolschoolShank SchoolschoolSunny Hill Schoolschool
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pea Ridge Township
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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.

Clayton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLee TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMissouri TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHuntsville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townConcord Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCamden 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.