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History · Spring Township

Spring Township dates to 1849, and 40% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1968 on.

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How Spring Township began

When was Spring Township founded?

1849

Spring Township dates its founding to 1849 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). Its post office opened in 1886.

2020 census: 864177 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1886.

What stands out about Spring 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 Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsEstablished in 1849: 177 years of Spring Township.
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Start Spring Township’s collection

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

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Timeline

Spring Township, 1849 to 1968

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1849
    FoundingSpring Township is established
  3. 1886Post officeThe Herbert post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1933Post officeThe Herbert post office closes
  6. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Spring Township, in brief

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

Spring Township is one of nine townships in Boone County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 864 and it contained 368 housing units. Spring was founded as "Concord" on November 6, 1849, then was renamed "Ohio" in April, 1851, and finally "Spring" in October, 1851.

Spring Township was established in 1849. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 894 to 864 (-3%).

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 map

Spring Township on the map, 1968 to 1993

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

Spring Township on the 1968 USGS mapSpring Township on the 1993 USGS map1968Belvidere South sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Spring Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Spring Township

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

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Jeanne GangAmerican architect · b. 1964
Charles Eugene FullerAmerican politician · b. 1849
Emory S. BogardusAmerican sociologist · b. 1882
Horace Mann TownerAmerican politician · b. 1855
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Kasey JamesAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1982
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Mo PitneyAmerican country musician · b. 1993
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
HerbertReeds Crossing
Gone or out of use
Curtis SchoolschoolDavis SchoolschoolReed SchoolschoolRinegar SchoolschoolScrivens SchoolschoolStone Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Spring Township
Shattucks 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.

Flora TownshipIts storyCRiley TownshipIts storyB−Bonus TownshipIts storyC+Kingston TownshipIts storyC

Questions about Spring Township’s history

What year was Spring Township founded?

In 1849, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Spring Township’s post office opened in 1886.

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 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.