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History · Western Mound Township

26% of Western Mound Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Robinson, J. L., General Store. Its Register listing is the Robinson, J. L., General Store.

1on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Western Mound 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 Western Mound Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Western Mound Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Western Mound 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.

Hagaman
1882–1931
Reader
1888–1924
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HagamanReader
Gone or out of use
Eureka SchoolschoolIreland SchoolschoolKeller SchoolschoolMount Vernon SchoolschoolPiney SchoolschoolSulphur Spring Schoolschool
8cemeteries and burying grounds inside Western Mound Township
BethelBethelChismCrosslandKellerReaderSaint CatherineUpton Family

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

The story so far

Western Mound Township, in brief

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

Western Mound Township (T10N R9W) is located in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 272 and it contained 130 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 272 to 263 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Western Mound Township, 1882 to 1931

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Hagaman post office opens
  3. 1888Post officeThe Reader post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1924Post officeThe Reader post office closes
  6. 1931Post officeThe Hagaman post office closes
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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 National Register

1 historic place in Western Mound Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Robinson, J. L., General Store
Robinson, J. L., General Store
Buildings
Robinson, J. L., General StoreBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Western Mound Township

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

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Mary Hunter AustinMemoirist, novelist, poet, essayist, critic, pl… · b. 1868
Dana BoenteAmerican lawyer · b. 1954
Eulabee DixAmerican artist · b. 1878
Mark JuergensmeyerAmerican historian · b. 1940
Peter F. Mack, Jr.American politician · b. 1916
Alfred R. PageAmerican politician · b. 1859
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Chesterfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBarr TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBird TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRockbridge TownshipIts storyB−

Questions about Western Mound Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Western Mound Township?

One place: the Robinson, J. L., General Store (listed 1980).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.