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History · Songer Township

Songer Township dates to 1861

Most of Songer Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2010. Below: maps from 1952 on.

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How Songer Township began

When was Songer Township founded?

1861

Songer Township dates its founding to 1861 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1886.

2020 census: 337165 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1886.

What stands out about Songer Township’s past

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The story so far

Songer Township, in brief

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

Songer Township is one of twelve townships in Clay County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 337 and it contained 165 housing units.

Songer Township was established in 1861. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 342 in 2010, 337 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Songer Township, 1861 to 1952

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1861
    FoundingSonger Township is established
  3. 1886Post officeThe Songer post office opens
  4. 1887Post officeThe Songer post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1952On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Songer Township on the map, 1952 to 1978

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

Songer Township on the 1952 USGS mapSonger Township on the 1968 USGS mapSonger Township on the 1978 USGS map1952Xenia 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 Songer Township.

Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Bethel
Gone or out of use
Center SchoolschoolDayton SchoolschoolForest SchoolschoolKenner Oil FieldoilfieldKenner West Oil FieldoilfieldOak Mound ChurchchurchOak Mound SchoolschoolRussell SchoolschoolWhite Pine SchoolschoolZion Churchchurch
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Songer Township
Edwards FamilyOak MoundParkerSonger

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.

Omega TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townXenia Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOskaloosa TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHarter Township3 historic placesAIuka TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Songer Township’s history

What year was Songer Township founded?

In 1861, according to Wikidata. Songer Township’s post office opened in 1886.

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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.