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History · Walker Township

34% of Walker Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1981 on and the census since 1860.

0on the National Register
34%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Walker 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 Walker Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Walker Township’s homes were built before 1963.
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The story so far

Walker Township, in brief

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

Walker Township is one of twenty-four townships in Hancock County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 291 and it contained 154 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 333 to 291 (-13%).

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

Timeline

Walker Township, 1873 to 1981

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Tioga post office opens
  3. 1875Post officeThe Sutter post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1981On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Walker Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Walker Township cemetery and road 2026-08-302026Walker Township cemetery and road 2026-08-30
On the map

Walker Township on the map in 1981

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Walker Township.

Walker Township on the 1981 USGS map1981Tioga 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 Walker Township.

People over time

Walker Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001,800190019502000Peak: 1,612

Between 291 and 1,612 people in every census since 1860.

17 censuses, 1860–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Tioga
1873–today
Sutter
1875–today
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BreckenridgeSutterTioga
Gone or out of use
Buckeye SchoolschoolCrescent SchoolschoolElm Grove SchoolschoolGreen Hill SchoolschoolTioga Post Officepost office
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Walker Township
BethanyBethlehem United Church of ChristBuckeyeGrantSutter Salem Bible ChurchWalkerWest Tioga

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.

St. Albans TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWythe TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRocky Run-Wilcox TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLima TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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), 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.