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History · Winslow Township

Winslow Township’s post office opened in 1845, and 52% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Winslow Township began

When was Winslow Township founded?

1845

The Winslow Township post office opened in 1845, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 574181 years
Founding year: the first Winslow Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Winslow 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 Winslow Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Winslow Township’s homes were built before 1938.Deep rootsA post office since 1845: 181 years of Winslow Township.
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The story so far

Winslow Township, in brief

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

Winslow is a village in Stephenson County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, Winslow had a population of 281.

Its first post office opened in 1845. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 633 to 574 (-9%).

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

By decade

Winslow Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Downtown Winslow, IL2021Downtown Winslow, IL
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Christian Hollow ChurchchurchEells SchoolschoolFritsch QuarrymineGage SchoolschoolKeller SchoolschoolKennedy SchoolschoolLincoln SchoolschoolWales Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Winslow Township
Christian Hollow

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.

West Point Township2 historic placesANora TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOneco Township4 historic placesAWaddams TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Winslow Township’s history

What year was Winslow Township founded?

The Winslow Township post office opened in 1845, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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

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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) 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.