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History · Salt Creek Township

30% of Salt Creek Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1933 on.

0on the National Register
30%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Salt Creek Township’s past

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The story so far

Salt Creek Township, in brief

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Salt Creek Township is located in Mason County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 228 and it contained 96 housing units.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 228 in 2010, 225 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Salt Creek Township, 1866 to 1933

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1866Post officeThe Leases Grove post office opens
  3. 1868Post officeThe Leases Grove post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1933On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Salt Creek Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Salt Creek Township building with windmill 2026-08-272026Salt Creek Township building with windmill 2026-08-27
On the map

Salt Creek Township on the map, 1933 to 1971

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

Salt Creek Township on the 1933 USGS mapSalt Creek Township on the 1971 USGS map1933Petersburg 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 Salt Creek Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Salt Creek Township

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

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Gordon BuehrigAmerican designer · b. 1904
William B. McKinleyUnited States Senator from Illinois · b. 1856
Edward LaningArtist · b. 1906
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Sam DaileyMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1904
Bill KriegAmerican baseball player · b. 1859
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Carl VandagriftAmerican baseball player · b. 1883
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Danville SchoolschoolHaw Grove SchoolschoolKnox SchoolschoolLeases Grove ChurchchurchLeases Grove SchoolschoolMcCarty SchoolschoolMount Olive ChurchchurchNorth Prairie SchoolschoolSleepy Hollow SchoolschoolWooley Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Salt Creek Township
Big GroveCritesLeases Grove

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.

Crane Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMason City TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPennsylvania 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.