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History · Pleasant Mound Township

Pleasant Mound Township’s post office opened in 1861, and 30% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1932 on.

1861first post office
0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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How Pleasant Mound Township began

When was Pleasant Mound Township founded?

1861

The Pleasant Mound Township post office opened in 1861, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Pleasant Mound (1861), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 907165 years
Founding year: the first Pleasant Mound Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Pleasant Mound Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Pleasant Mound Township, in brief

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

Pleasant Mound is an unincorporated community in Bond County, Illinois, United States. Pleasant Mound is south-southwest of Mulberry Grove and east-southeast of Greenville.

Its first post office opened in 1861. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,018 to 907 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Pleasant Mound Township, 1861 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1861Post officeThe Pleasant Mound post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1932On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1954Post officeThe Pleasant Mound post office closes
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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

Pleasant Mound Township on the map, 1932 to 1974

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

Pleasant Mound Township on the 1932 USGS mapPleasant Mound Township on the 1943 USGS mapPleasant Mound Township on the 1974 USGS map1932Greenville 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 Pleasant Mound Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Pleasant Mound Township

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

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June SquibbAmerican actress · b. 1929
Harold LasswellAmerican political scientist · b. 1902
Gretchen WilsonAmerican country singer · b. 1973
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Alfred Harrison JoyAmerican astronomer · b. 1882
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Job Adams CooperUnion United States Army soldier · b. 1843
Virgil MillerAmerican cinematographer · b. 1886
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
HamburgPleasant Mound
Gone or out of use
Concord SchoolschoolFuller SchoolschoolHalls Grove SchoolschoolSeagraves SchoolschoolUnion SchoolschoolWillow Branch Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pleasant Mound Township
CemeteryDurhamHalls GroveMaxeyMulberry GroveNoffsinger

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.

Mulberry Grove TownshipIts storyB+Central Township2 historic placesB+Seminary TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTamalco TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMulberry GroveIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Pleasant Mound Township’s history

What year was Pleasant Mound Township founded?

The Pleasant Mound Township post office opened in 1861, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.