Half of Stookey Township’s homes were built after 1969
More historic than 18% of U.S. towns · #649 of 768 in Illinois. What drives it
Most of Stookey Township was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1969. Below: maps from 1931 on and the census since 1890.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Stookey Township is more historic than 18% of U.S. towns, #649 of 768 in Illinois. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Stookey Township’s overall grade.
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 Stookey Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (28% of Illinois towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±2.7 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. 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 →
What stands out about Stookey Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost half of its people between 1920 and 1930, then grew 9-fold.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Stookey Township’s Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Imbs, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Crest HillImbsWestview
Gone or out of use
Clover Leaf SchoolschoolFairview SchoolschoolForrest Hill SchoolschoolLa Pere Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stookey Township
ConcordiaLarkSaint George
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Stookey Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Stookey Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Stookey Township is a township located in St. Clair County, Illinois. It is an unincorporated part of Belleville, Illinois located just west of downtown Belleville, for that reason it is often referred to by locals as Belleville West. As of the 2010 census, its population was 10,007 and it contained 4,394 housing units. Residential homes and small businesses occupy the region along with occasional shopping centers. The township rides along Illinois Route 13 and converges with Illinois Route 15 and Illinois Route 159. The ZIP codes for the township is 62223 & 62260. The telephone area code of the township is 618.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 10,007 to 9,219 (-8%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Stookey Township, 1896 to 1990
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Stookey Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1931French Village 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 Stookey Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Stookey Township
Nobody well known was born in Stookey Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stookey Township is more historic than 18% of U.S. towns, #649 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.
How old are the homes in Stookey Township?
5% of Stookey Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.7 points), against a typical 11% for an Illinois town; the median home was built in 1969.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
