*1850 Clinton Township; 1875 divided into Reed Township and Custer Township

Late 19th & Early 20th Century Cities, Towns & Villages	.	Townships
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Alden's Island	Is now a part of Wilmington, Illinois; named for James F. and H. O. Alden who came to the area from Maine ca. 1847.  Thomas Cox is credited with being the first permanent settler of the vicinity.  In 1836 Cox laid claim to all of the land, including the island, on which the City of Wilmington now stands.  The entire Cox Family moved to Salem, Oregon in 1847. The area was also know as Cox Island	Wilmington Township
Andres	Peotone RFD	Peotone Township
Arbury Hills	.	Frankfort Township
Arnon	Post Office opened Dec. 13, 1848 and closed March 2, 1860	.
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Baker Station	named for Clarke Baker who came from New York to Will Co. in 1850;	Manhattan Township
Ballou	RFD Wilmington; on Wabash RR	Wesley Township
Barber's	settled in 1832; name for John Barber; Post Office established Dec. 21, 1846; changed to DuPage April 16, 1856	Dupage Township
Beebe's Grove	Now a part of Crete; named for Minoris Beebe, a pioneer settler arriving in Will Co. about 1834	Crete Township
Beecher	.	Washington Township
BelAir	Now part of Joliet	Joliet Township
Bemes/Bemis	PostOffice established Sept. 22, 1893;discontinued in Jan.31, 1907	Crete Township
Bergan Station	named for H. & D. Bergan; on Wabash RR	Manhattan Township
Beverly Farm	.	Frankfort Township
Big Road Settlement	Along the State Road in Washington and Crete Townships	.
Birds/Birds Bridge	On the Illinois & Michigan canal about 5 miles south of Joliet; named for a Mr. Bird who lived near the bridge; PostOffice established in 1869; discontinued in 1905	Troy Township
Blackstone Grove	settled in 1833; named for Judge John Blackstone; Hadley Post Office	Homer Township
Blodgett	now a part of Joliet Arsenal land PostOffice openedin 1898 & closed  in 1905;    Located in Wilminton Township???	Channahon Township
Bolingbrook	.	Dupage Township
Boulevard Heights	Part of Joliet	Joliet Township
Braidwood	on the Chicago & Alton R.R.;	Reed Township
Brisbane	RFD New Lenox; located on Wabash RR	New Lenox Township
Brooklyn	Part of Joliet	Joliet Township
Bucktown	Now in Braidwood; settled about 1877	Reed Township
Buena Vista	Part of Joliet	Joliet Township
Buffalo	.	.
Butterfield's Ford	on Des Plaines River; used as a crossing by first settlers entering what is now Lockport and Homer Townships; existed in early 1830's	Lockport Township
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Camp Goodell	Near present day Ingalls park; established in 1861-62 as a Civil war training camp	Joliet Township
Canal	part of Homer and Lockport Townships; named for the Illinois and Michigan canal	.
Canton Farm	PostOffice opened  1893; closed 1900	Plainfield Township
Carlyle	.	.
Channahon	.	Channahon Township
Chelsea	Changed to Frankfort Station; now Frankfort; PostOffice opened 1838; first post master was L.M. Clayes	Frankfort Township
Claus	Chicago Heights RFD	.
Coon Grove	also known as Racoon Grove Indian reservation;	Monee Township
Cox Island	Note Alden's Island	.
Cougar's Crossings	.	.
Coynes	Lockport Township???????	Plainfield Township
Crest Hill	.	Lockport Township
Crete	.	Crete Township
Custer Park	Post Offices opened Sept. 14, 1877; changed to Custer Park Sept. 15, 1885	Custer Township
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Drummond	.	Channahon Township
Dupage	Was Barber's Corners in 1856; Fountaindale??; Post Office opened in July 26, 1833; closed on July 20, 1842; reopened on March 2, 1846 then closed on Aug 1, 1854.	.
Dyer		Crete Township
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Eagle Lake	Post Office opened 1865 & closed 1902; Now is Beecher RFD	Washington Township
East Wheatland	.	Wheatland Township
Elwood	.	Jackson Township
Endor	Post Offices opened in June 30, 1837 & closed Nov. 18, 1856; reopened Oct. 11, 1861 & closed Nov. 15, 1901	Crete Township
Essex
Eureka	settled about 1873	Reed Township
Evergreen Heights	Now part of Joliet	.
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Fair Acres	Now part of Joliet	.
Fairmont	.	Lockport Township
Faithorn	.	Crete Township
5-Mile Grove	settled in 1832-33; original settlement now Manhattan	Manhattan Township
Fort Higginbotham	Located east of Joliet	.
Fort Nonsense	Now part of Joliet; Fort Nonsense was established during the Black Hawk war scare in 1832	.
Fountaindale	Note DuPage	.
Frankfort Station	.	Frankfort Township
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Gaugers	.	New Lenox Township
Godley	Near Will and Grundy Co. Line	Reed Township
Goodenow	Named for George Goodenow; was established in 1870	Crete Township
Goodings Grove	settled in 1832 & named for Deacon James Gooding; Post Offices opened in 1846 & closed in 1901;	Homer Township
Grange	PostOffice opened in 1841 & closed in 1842	.
Gravel Bank	.	Channahon Township
GreenGarden	settled about 1847 by M.F. Sanders and George M. Green; Vermont Precinct	GreenGarden Township
Grinton	settled in 1845 and named for William Grinton; Also called Grinton's Mill & Grintonville	Troy Township
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Hadley	Post Office opened in 1835; also known as Blackstone Grove. Hadley settled in 1833 and was named for Hadley, Mass.	Homer Township
Hampton	Located near Elwood	Wilmington Township
Hayden's	Manhattan RFD	Florence Township
Hickory Creek Settlement	Settled 1829-30 Early settlers were, James Brown, Aaron Friend, Wm. Rice, Wm. Gougar & John Grover.	New Lenox Township
Hickory Grove	.	New Lenox Township
Hoddam	.
Homer	.	Homer Township
Homewood	.	.
HorseCreek	Also Called Custer Park	Custer Township
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Idylside	Now part of Crest Hill	.
Ingalls Park	Now part of Joliet; site of Camp Goodell	.
Intent	.	.
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Jackson Creek	First called Reed's Grove	.
Judy	.	Washington Township
Juliet/Joliet	.	Joliet Township
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Kankakee	Town laid out in Will Co by John Beard; Now Kankakee County	.
Keeversville	Located by Braidwood; coal mine shaft was sunk in Keeversville in 1865	.
Knappa	Located by Wilmington	.
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Lake Juliet	.	.
Lewistown	Now part of joliet	.
Lidice	Now part of Crest Hill; first known as stern park; named Lidice for Lidic, Czechoslovakia	.
Lillecash	.	Plainfield Township
Lockport	.	Lockport Township
Lois	.	Wilton Township
Long John	.
Lorenzo	.	Wilmington Township
Lunenberg	.	.
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Manhattan	.	Manhattan Township
Manningdale	.	Joliet Township
Marble Falls	.	Joliet Township
Marley	.	New Lenox Township
Martins Landing	.Partly in DuPage & Lockport townships
Mather	.	Wilmington Township
McGlashens	.	Frankfort Township
McKee's Town	Now part of Joliet	.
Millboro	Now part of Joliet	.
Millsdale	.	Channahon Township
Mokena	.	Frankfort Township
Momence	.
Monee	.	Monee Township
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Nabenekanong	Same as Twelve Mile Grove	.
New Lenox	.	New Lenox Township
Normantown	Plainfield RFD	Wheatland Township
Nortonville	.	.
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Oak Hill	Now part of Joliet	.
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Palmyra	.	.
Parkside	Now part of Joliet	.
Peotone	.	Peotone Township
Pierce	Changed to Wilton Center on Dec. 3, 1875	Wilton Township
Plainfield	.	Plainfield Township
Plaines	.	Joliet Township
Polk	.	Washington township
Prairie Creek	.	Wilmington township
Pritchie	.	Wesley Township
Puckerville	Same as Gooding's Grove	.
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Quality Hill	Now part of Crete	Crete Township
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Rairdon's	Now part of Romeoville	.
Reed's Grove	Named for Charles Reed Family; Changed to Jackson Creek on May 23, 1844	Jackson Township
Ridgewood	Now part of Joliet	.
Ritchie/Ritchey	Named for early postmaster, John and Benjamin Ritchey	Wesley Township
Rockdale	.	Joliet Township
Romeo/Romeoville	.	Dupage Township
Runyon's Town	Settled by Armstead Runyon about 1830 near Lockport	.
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Selfridgeville	named for Lorenzo and Horatio Selfridge	.
Sherbourne	.	.
Shermanville	.	Channahon Township
Shorewood	inc. c. 1950's	Troy Township
Sigel	.	.
Spencer	village established in 1856	New Lenox Township
Starr's Grove	.	.
Steele	.	New Lenox Township
Steger	.	Crete Township
Stern Park	See Lidice	.
Stuenkels	.	Monee Township
Summit	.	Frankfort Township
Snifton/Swifton	Also known as Swifton	Channahon Township
Symerton	.	Florence Township
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Tamarack	.	Wheatland Township
Thorn Creek	early settlement in Crete Area	.
Thornton	Now Green Garden	.
Tokio	.	Wheatland Township
Torino	was a coal mining town	Reed Township
Tracy	Changed to New Lenox in 1863	New Lenox Township
Treat's Island	settled by Seymour Treat	Channahon township
Trenton	Early name for Green Garden and Green Garden Township	.
Trim Creek	.	.
Troutman's Grove	settled in 1831-32 by Joseph McCune & John Troutman	Channahon Township
Twelve Mile Grove	Now Wilton Center; alsoNabenekanong	.
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Van Horne's Point	named for C. C. Van Horne	New Lenox Township
Vermont Settlement	named by settlers arriving from their home state of Vermont in 1843	Wheatland Township
Vienna	Now located in Grundy County	.
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Walker's Grove	Now known as Plainfield and was settled in 1829; named for the Rev. Jesse Walker	Plainfield Township
Wallingford	.	Wilton Township
Warner's Landing	.	Wesley Township
Washington Center	.	Washington Township
Wilmington	was Winchester	Wilmington Township
Wilton Center	Was Pierce	Wilton Township
Winchester	Now Wilmington	Wilmington Township
Wolf's Crossing	named for postmaster Leonard Wolf	.
Wood's Corners	now Crete	Crete Township
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Yankee Settlement	Included Homer, northern part of New Lenox, and eastern part of Lockport Townships	.
Yellow Head Grove	was in Will Co before Kankakee County was established in June 11, 1856	.
Young Hickory	.	New Lenox Township
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Zarley's	named for pioneer Zarley	Joliet Township