The story
Read it all →How Township 6 came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Township 6.
The township was officially designated "Township Number 6" until late 2007, when "Number" was dropped.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Township 6
11% of Township 6’s homes were built before 1940
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Township 6’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Township 6’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
Township 6, 1879 to 1944
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1879Post officeThe Runnymede post office opens
- 1883Post officeThe Duquoin post office opens
- 20th century
- 1944Post officeThe Runnymede post office closes
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.
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Add from your albumFamous people
See all →Famous people close to Township 6
Nobody well known was born in Township 6 itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Harvey H. NiningerAmerican lay scientist · b. 1887L
Lloyd BishopAmerican baseball player · b. 1890M
Myron RoderickAmerican wrestler, wrestling coach, tennis coac… · b. 1934Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Runnymede, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Runnymede
Duquoin
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DuquoinRunnymede
Gone or out of use
Bob Park AirportairportLatta Landing Stripairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Township 6
DuquoinHillsdale
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.
Township 5Its storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTownship 1Its storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCreek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBennett TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDixon Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
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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 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.