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History · Round Grove Township

40% of Round Grove Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1948 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
40%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Round 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 Round Grove Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Round Grove Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Round Grove Township’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Round 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

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

Wilson
1883–1905
Cardiff
1899–1919
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BlairCardiff
Gone or out of use
Allen SchoolschoolChase Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Round Grove Township
Round Grove

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Round Grove Township, in brief

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

Round Grove Township is located in Livingston County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 341 and it contained 159 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 371 to 341 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Round Grove Township, 1883 to 1948

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Wilson post office opens
  3. 1899Post officeThe Cardiff post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1905Post officeThe Wilson post office closes
  6. 1919Post officeThe Cardiff post office closes
  7. 1948On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

Round Grove Township on the map, 1948 to 1983

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

Round Grove Township on the 1948 USGS mapRound Grove Township on the 1950 USGS mapRound Grove Township on the 1983 USGS map1948Dwight 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 Round Grove Township.

People over time

Round Grove Township, census by census

010020030040020002020Peak: 411

Between 341 and 411 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Round Grove Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Round Grove Township

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

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Lewis M. LongAmerican politician · b. 1883
Bud ClancyAmerican baseball player · b. 1900
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Joseph ZellerAmerican politician in Pennsylvania · b. 1918
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Dutch LonborgAmerican football, basketball, and baseball pla… · b. 1898
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Leslie AllenAmerican racing driver · b. 1904
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Al BraithwoodAmerican baseball player · b. 1892
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Broughton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDwight Township4 historic placesnot 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, 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.