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More historic than 29% of U.S. towns · #566 of 768 in Illinois. What drives it
Most of Schaumburg Township was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Its Register listings are the Paul Schweikher House and Studio. Below: maps from 1923 on and the census since 1960.
The Schaumburg Township post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 29% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Schaumburg Township is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns, #566 of 768 in Illinois. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
Among the 400 U.S. cities of 100,000 or more, Schaumburg Township ranks #312 on History.
Few Illinois towns list much on the Register (a typical Illinois town has 0.5 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Schaumburg Township’s 0.2 sits near the middle of its state (57% of Illinois towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
Newer cities are common at Schaumburg Township’s size: in the typical U.S. city of 100,000 or more, 5% of homes predate 1940.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Schaumburg Township’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Schaumburg Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Schaumburg Township.
From Wikipedia’s history of Schaumburg Township.
Prior to European settlement, the region was inhabited by the Sauk, Meskwaki, Potawatomi, and Kickapoo peoples. During the mid-19th century, settlers began arriving from Germany and the eastern United States. Many of the Germans came from Hessian Schaumburg and Schaumburg-Lippe, a region within the modern state of Lower Saxony.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Grew from 986 people in 1960 to 78,723 in 2020, more than tenfold.
7 censuses, 1960–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Schaumburg Township’s Wikipedia page.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Schaumburg Township post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Schaumburg Township is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns, #566 of 768 in Illinois. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
2 listings: 1 building, among them the Paul Schweikher House and Studio (listed 1987, the first).
1% of Schaumburg Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 11% for an Illinois town; the median home was built in 1977.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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