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History · Venedy

Venedy’s post office opened in 1861, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1910 on and the census since 1880.

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How Venedy began

When was Venedy founded?

1861

The Venedy post office opened in 1861, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Venedy Station (1883), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 408 in 18802020 census: 121165 years
Founding year: the first Venedy post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Venedy’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 Venedy are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19103 editions of the USGS map, 1910 to 1957. Watch Venedy change.Old housesHalf of Venedy’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Venedy’s history is told.

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On the map

Venedy on the map, 1910 to 1957

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

Venedy on the 1910 USGS mapVenedy on the 1940 USGS mapVenedy on the 1957 USGS map1910Okawville 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 Venedy.

The story so far

Venedy, in brief

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

Venedy is a village in Washington County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Venedy had a population of 121.

Its first post office opened in 1861. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 138 to 121 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Venedy, 1861 to 1962

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1861Post officeThe Venedy post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Venedy Station post office opens
  4. 1883Post officeThe Venedy Station post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1910On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1962Post officeThe Venedy post office closes
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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People over time

Venedy, census by census

010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 408

Between 115 and 408 people in every census since 1880.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Venedy

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

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David LuechtefeldAmerican politician · b. 1940
Mickey HaefnerAll American baseball player · b. 1912
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Venedy had its own post office from 1861 to 1962. Another post office, Venedy Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Venedy
1861–1962
Venedy Station
1883–1883
18601940today

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

Questions about Venedy’s history

What year was Venedy founded?

The Venedy post office opened in 1861, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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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, 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.