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History · Spring Grove Township

Spring Grove Township’s post office opened in 1834, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register.

1834first post office
1on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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How Spring Grove Township began

When was Spring Grove Township founded?

1834

The Spring Grove Township post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1853. Another post office, Spring Grove (1834), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 929192 years
Founding year: the first Spring Grove Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1853.

What stands out about Spring 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 Spring Grove Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Spring Grove Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1834: 192 years of Spring Grove Township.Old housesHalf of Spring Grove Township’s homes were built before 1961.
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Start Spring Grove Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Spring Grove Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Spring Grove
1834–1881
Gerlaw
1871–today
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
GerlawShawSpring GroveWoodvale
Gone or out of use
Center SchoolschoolChapman SchoolschoolFoster SchoolschoolIndian Grove SchoolschoolLone Star SchoolschoolMohler SchoolschoolRalston Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Spring Grove Township
GerlawSpring Grove

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

Timeline

Spring Grove Township, 1834 to 1881

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1834Post officeThe Spring Grove post office opens
  3. 1871Post officeThe Gerlaw post office opens
  4. 1881Post officeThe Spring Grove post office closes
The story so far

Spring Grove Township, in brief

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

Spring Grove Township is located in Warren County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,013 and it contained 598 housing units. A portion of the village of Alexis is located in this township.

Its first post office opened in 1834. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,013 to 929 (-8%).

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

By decade

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 Spring Grove Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Spring Grove Township

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

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Worth RyderAmerican artist · b. 1884
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Charles FletcherAmerican composer · b. 1884
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John RogersAmerican football player · b. 1910
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Suez TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMonmouth Township10 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKelly TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSumner TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Spring Grove Township’s history

What year was Spring Grove Township founded?

The Spring Grove Township post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1853.

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.