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History · Young Hickory Township

36% of Young Hickory Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Indian Ford Bridge.

2on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Young Hickory 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 Young Hickory Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Young Hickory Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.Old housesHalf of Young Hickory Township’s homes were built before 1955.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

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

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

Midway
1844–1884
Speedwell
1864–1865
Oak Mound
1880–1891
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Midway
Gone or out of use
Hazel Ridge SchoolschoolIndian Ford BridgebridgeLondon Mills BridgebridgeMarkley SchoolschoolMidway SchoolschoolOak Mound SchoolschoolSpeedwell Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Young Hickory Township
BeerEast MidwayWest Midway

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

The story so far

Young Hickory Township, in brief

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

Young Hickory Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 548 and it contained 260 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 618 to 548 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Young Hickory Township, 1844 to 1891

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1844Post officeThe Midway post office opens
  3. 1864Post officeThe Speedwell post office opens
  4. 1865Post officeThe Speedwell post office closes
  5. 1880Post officeThe Oak Mound post office opens
  6. 1884Post officeThe Midway post office closes
  7. 1891Post officeThe Oak Mound post office closes
By decade

Young Hickory Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Young Hickory Township building 2026-09-052026Young Hickory Township building 2026-09-05
On the National Register

2 historic places in Young Hickory Township

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Indian Ford Bridge
Indian Ford Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Pratt1
Indian Ford BridgePratt

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Young Hickory Township

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

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James StockdaleUS Navy admiral and aviator · b. 1923
George Latimer BatesAmerican naturalist · b. 1863
Guy U. HardyAmerican politician · b. 1872
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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
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Ellisville Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFairview TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDeerfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Young Hickory Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Young Hickory Township?

2 listings: 1 structure.

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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), 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.