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Stewardson’s post office opened in 1883, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Stewardson began

When was Stewardson founded?

1883

The Stewardson post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Stewartson (1874), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 721143 years
Founding year: the first Stewardson post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Stewardson’s past

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The story so far

Stewardson, in brief

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Stewardson is a village in Shelby County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Stewardson had a population of 721.

Its first post office opened in 1883. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 734 in 2010, 721 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Stewardson, 1874 to 1883

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Stewartson post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Stewartson post office closes
  4. 1883Post officeThe Stewardson post office opens
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Stewardson’s post office has been open since 1883. Another post office, Stewartson, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Stewartson
1874–1883
Stewardson
1883–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Stewardson’s history

What year was Stewardson founded?

The Stewardson post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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.