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History · Walnut Grove Township

32% of Walnut Grove Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Walnut Grove 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 Walnut Grove Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Walnut Grove Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Walnut Grove Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

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

Lynn
1870–1871
Scottsburg
1872–1913
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Scottsburg
Gone or out of use
Browns SchoolschoolCenter SchoolschoolHamilton SchoolschoolLocust SchoolschoolLynn Grove Methodist Episcopal ChurchchurchLynn Grove SchoolschoolMount Holly SchoolschoolNew Bradford Christian ChurchchurchScottsburg SchoolschoolShiloh Presbyterian Churchchurch
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Walnut Grove Township
Aberghast PearceGood HopeHagemanHamiltonHickory GroveLarkins

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

The story so far

Walnut Grove Township, in brief

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

Walnut Grove Township is located in McDonough County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 469 and it contained 215 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 469 to 458 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Walnut Grove Township, 1870 to 1913

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Lynn post office opens
  3. 1871Post officeThe Lynn post office closes
  4. 1872Post officeThe Scottsburg post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1913Post officeThe Scottsburg post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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Famous people

Famous people close to Walnut Grove Township

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

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Emma Smith DeVoeAmerican suffragette · b. 1848
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Helen NielsenAmerican author and script writer · b. 1918
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Calvin B. HooverAmerican economist · b. 1897
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Frank F. RossUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1867
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Edward RobertsAmerican weight thrower · b. 1892
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Larry MeadAmerican politician · b. 1938
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Sciota TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMacomb TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSwan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBushnell 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 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.