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History · Trivoli Township

Trivoli Township’s post office opened in 1837, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1930 on.

1837first post office
0on the National Register
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How Trivoli Township began

When was Trivoli Township founded?

1837

The Trivoli Township post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Brunswick (1844), Pas Ridge (1874) and Cramer (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 1,003189 years
Founding year: the first Trivoli Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Trivoli 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 Trivoli Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Trivoli Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1837: 189 years of Trivoli Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Trivoli Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Trivoli
1837–today
Brunswick
1844–1882
Pas Ridge
1874–1881
Cramer
1882–1931
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CramerTrivoli
Gone or out of use
Bickford SchoolschoolBlue SchoolschoolBrunswick SchoolschoolCenter SchoolschoolConcord ChurchchurchConcord SchoolschoolDowns SchoolschoolPea Ridge SchoolschoolPenn Ridge ChurchchurchUnion SchoolschoolWhite Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Trivoli Township
BrunswickConcordHarkness GroveParkerPenn RidgeTrivoli

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

Timeline

Trivoli Township, 1837 to 1930

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1837Post officeThe Trivoli post office opens
  3. 1844Post officeThe Brunswick post office opens
  4. 1874Post officeThe Pas Ridge post office opens
  5. 1881Post officeThe Pas Ridge post office closes
  6. 1882Post officeThe Brunswick post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1930On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Trivoli Township, in brief

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

Trivoli is a census-designated place in Peoria County, Illinois, United States, on Illinois Route 116 east of Farmington. As of the 2020 census, Trivoli had a population of 385. Trivoli has a part-time post office.

Its first post office opened in 1837. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,021 in 2010, 1,003 in 2020.

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

Trivoli Township on the map, 1930 to 1982

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

Trivoli Township on the 1930 USGS mapTrivoli Township on the 1948 USGS mapTrivoli Township on the 1982 USGS map1930Glasford 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 Trivoli Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Trivoli Township

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

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Lewis Lord RussellFilm and theatre actor · b. 1889
Cornelius LymanAmerican politician · b. 1846
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Burton MorseArchitect from Twin Falls, Idaho, United States · b. 1867
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Fred EkstrandAmerican football coach · b. 1899
William A. HillAmerican jurist · b. 1864
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Logan Township1 historic placeB+Farmington Township1 historic placeAOrion TownshipIts storyCElmwood Township1 historic placeACanton Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Trivoli Township’s history

What year was Trivoli Township founded?

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

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.