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History · Pleasant Vale Township

Pleasant Vale Township’s post office opened in 1827, and 45% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register.

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How Pleasant Vale Township began

When was Pleasant Vale Township founded?

1827

The Pleasant Vale Township post office opened in 1827, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Pleasant Vale (1827), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 484199 years
Founding year: the first Pleasant Vale Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Pleasant Vale 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 Pleasant Vale Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1827: 199 years of Pleasant Vale Township.Old housesHalf of Pleasant Vale Township’s homes were built before 1960.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pleasant Vale Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Pleasant Vale Township, in brief

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

Pleasant Vale Township is located in Pike County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 573 and it contained 286 housing units. The town of New Canton is in this township.

Its first post office opened in 1827. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 573 to 484 (-16%).

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

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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 National Register

1 historic place in Pleasant Vale 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 Pleasant Vale Township

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

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Walter A. ShewhartAmerican statistical quality control expert · b. 1891
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George Samuel ClasonAmerican businessman and writer · b. 1874
Claude GillingwaterAmerican actor · b. 1870
Floyd DellNovelist, poet, playwright, critic, editor · b. 1887
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Hobart R. GayUnited States Army general · b. 1894
Lloyd C. StarkGovernor of Missouri from 1937 to 1941 · b. 1886
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Brewster SchoolschoolChase SchoolschoolPrairie SchoolschoolSalt Spring SchoolschoolSpring SchoolschoolStony Point Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pleasant Vale Township
BrewsterBrownMoreyShearerStoney PointWallace Farm

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.

Derry TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAtlas Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCincinnati Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBarry Township1 historic placeA+

Questions about Pleasant Vale Township’s history

What year was Pleasant Vale Township founded?

The Pleasant Vale Township post office opened in 1827, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 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.