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History · Table Grove

Table Grove’s post office opened in 1837, and 45% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Table Grove Community Church. Below: maps from 1917 on and the census since 1900.

1837first post office
1on the National Register
45%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Table Grove began

When was Table Grove founded?

1837

The Table Grove post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 376 in 19002020 census: 353189 years
Founding year: the first Table Grove post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Table Grove’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 Table Grove are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 610 in 1920; 353 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Table Grove’s homes were built before 1950.On the map since 19184 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1979. Watch Table Grove change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Table Grove’s history is told.

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People over time

Table Grove, census by census

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Peaked at 610 in 1920; 353 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Table Grove’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Table Grove, in brief

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

Table Grove is a village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 353 as of the 2020 census. The village was struck by an EF-1 tornado on April 4, 2023.

Its first post office opened in 1837. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 416 to 353 (-15%).

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

Timeline

Table Grove, 1837 to 1920

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1837Post officeThe Table Grove post office opens
  3. 1887Born hereRay Edwin Powell is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1918On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 610
By decade

Table Grove, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Table Grove Community Church2014Table Grove Community Church
On the map

Table Grove on the map, 1918 to 1979

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

Table Grove on the 1918 USGS mapTable Grove on the 1921 USGS mapTable Grove on the 1948 USGS mapTable Grove on the 1979 USGS map1918Vermont 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 Table Grove.

Every building

Table Grove, building by building, 1917

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Table Grove fire insurance map, 1917, sheet 11917Sheet 1 of 1
Sheets
BrickWoodStone

Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Table Grove

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
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Table Grove Community Church
Table Grove Community Church
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Romanesque1
Table Grove Community ChurchGreek Revival

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Table Grove’s post office has been open since 1837.

Gone or out of use
Table Grove Schoolschool

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

Questions about Table Grove’s history

What year was Table Grove founded?

The Table Grove post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Table Grove?

One place: the Table Grove Community Church (listed 1979).

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 Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.