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History · Ustick Township

Ustick Township’s post office opened in 1854, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Ustick Township began

When was Ustick Township founded?

1854

The Ustick Township post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Ustick (1854), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 553172 years
Founding year: the first Ustick Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ustick 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 Ustick Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Ustick Township’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ustick Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Ustick Township, in brief

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

Ustick Township is located in Whiteside County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 613 and it contained 250 housing units.

Its first post office opened in 1854. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 613 to 553 (-10%).

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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Famous people

Famous people close to Ustick Township

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

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Robert Andrews MillikanAmerican physicist · b. 1868
David C. HilmersAmerican astronaut · b. 1950
Lillian RussellAmerican opera singer and actress · b. 1861
Eliza Ruhamah ScidmoreAmerican writer and photographer · b. 1856
Salvatore GiuntaUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1985
Peggy MoranActress · b. 1918
Places that used to be

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

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Spring ValleyUstick
Gone or out of use
Acker - Fulton QuarrymineCobb SchoolschoolCottonwood SchoolschoolCrouch SchoolschoolGridley SchoolschoolOtter Bluff SchoolschoolRosenow AirportairportSpring Valley Schoolschool
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Ustick Township
BakerCotton WoodHollinsheadMorrison MennoniteSpring Valley MethodistSpring Valley Presbyterian

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.

Union Grove TownshipIts storyB+Fulton Township3 historic placesAClyde Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Ustick Township’s history

What year was Ustick Township founded?

The Ustick Township post office opened in 1854, 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.