The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Bono Township.
The Bono Archaeological Site was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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History · Bono Township
Bono Township’s post office opened in 1818
Most of Bono Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000.
1818first post office
0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Bono Township began
When was Bono Township founded?
1818
The Bono Township post office opened in 1818, the earliest record of the town by name. Four smaller post offices, Bono (1818), Lawrenceport (1851) and Rivervale (1859), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 743208 years
Founding year: the first Bono Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Bono Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Bono Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Bono Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1818: 208 years of Bono Township.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Bono
Lawrenceport
Rivervale
Stonington
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BonoLawrenceportRivervaleStonington
1cemetery inside Bono Township
Talbott
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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Start Bono Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bono 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.Timeline
Bono Township, 1818 to 1931
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumFamous people
See all →Famous people close to Bono Township
Nobody well known was born in Bono Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Gus GrissomAmerican astronaut · b. 1926
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Bono Township’s history
What year was Bono Township founded?
The Bono Township post office opened in 1818, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Memory lane
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 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.