Bureau County Genealogy and History

Status in 1854

Status in 1895

Pop 1994

Acton

now known as Langley

not listed

Albrecht 
aka Albright
now known as Ohio

not listed

Arispe

small post-village
abt 60 m North of
Peoria in Bureau
County

not listed

Arlington

412825N

0891457W

post office of
Bureau Co IL

population 436
post office - yes
express office -yes
railroad - yes

202

Bailey's Point
Tonica
now Princeton

412205N

0892753W

not listed
see Princeton

Barren Grove
post office: 24 Jan 1848-04 Apr 1856
merged with Brawby to form Neponset

post village
20 m. SW of 
Princeton

not listed
see Neponset

Berlin Center 
post office 05 Jul 1854-21 Jan 1856

not listed

Black Walnut Grove

not listed

Bourbonais
later known as Lovejoy

412037N

0893807W

not listed

not listed

Boyd's Grove
had a church and a school

not listed

Brawby
merged with Barren Grove
to form Neponset 1855

renamed Neponset

Brewersville
now known as Walnut

not listed
see Walnut

Brush Grove

not listed

Buda
reportedly named for Buda, Hungary
formerly French Grove

411934N

0894044W

population 990
post office - yes
express office -yes
railroad - yes

590

Bulbona's Grove

not listed

Bunker Hill
had church, cemetery and school

Bureau
named after early French
settler named Pierre de Beuro.
aka Bureau Junction
Leepertown
West Bureau Settlement

411721N

0892159W

population 363
post office - yes
express office -yes
railroad - yes

390

Bureau Grove
Lamoille

not listed
see Lamoille

Bureau Junction
aka Bureau

not listed
see Bureau

Burnett

411638N

0893949W

not listed

Bush Creek
post office from 15 Jul 1840 - 05 Aug1850

Cain's Grove

Camp Bureau (1861)
at Princeton

Center Grove

Center Prairie

Chenowith Prairie

Cherry
incorporated 1905
named after the Cherry coal mine
which was named for James Cherry 
of the St. Paul Coal Co.

412537N

0891248W

not listed

529

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Junction

post office - no
express office -no
railroad - yes

Churchill

412315N

0891020W

not listed

Clarion
Clarion Station

413018N

0891131W

not listed

Coal Grove

Coal Hollow

412156N

0892148W

not listed

Coleman's Grove

Concord
4 miles north of Princeton
on the road from Galena to Hennepin.
founded March 26, 1836 by Jos. Brigham
vacated February 28, 1837.

Dad Joe's Grove
named for Joseph "Dad Joe" Smith

Dalzell
named for Samuel M. Dalzell
manager of the Spring Valley Coal Co
who operated the nearby No. 5 coal mine

412128N

0891034W

not listed

592

Depue
De Pue 1867 (legal corporate name)
Howe
Newport Landing
Newport Steamboat Landing
Selby Station
Sherman 1865
Trenton 1857

411927N

0891824W

population 455
post office - yes
express office -yes
railroad - yes

1,624

DePue Junction

Devil's Grove

Dimmick's Grove

Dingley
Trading House Grove

Dorr Hill

Dover
Platted 1833 by Sylvester Brigham
of Dover NH
also see Livingston
platted by Eli Lapsley named for
US Secretary of State Edward Livingston
merged to become Dover

412612N

0892336W

Dover
a post-village 
of Bureau county, 
144 miles N.
of Springfield

population 220
post office - yes
express office -no
railroad - no

141

East Concord
post office 09 Oct 1852-29 Nov 1856

a post-office 
of Bureau co

not listed

Enon
post office 15 Jun 1849-17 Apr 1865

a post-village of 
Bureau co
abt 7 miles NW 
of Princeton.

not listed

Fairfield

a small village 
of Bureau co

not listed

Fairmont
Fairmount
7 miles NE of Princeton
formed June 18th, 1836 by Eli Nichols
vacated  Legislature, Feb., 1840

Farmora

Five Points

Fort Thomas
during Black Hawk War
located at Wyanet

French Grove
post office 19 Jun 1837-10 Jan 1838 
post office 26 Jul 1838-15 Sep 1855 
then became Buda

a post-village
of Bureau co
50 miles N 
of Peoria

see  Buda

Gabble Town Lane

Gooseberry Island

Greenfield
post office 20 Dec 1832-12 Feb1833 
renamed La Moille

Greenoak
aka Green Oak
post office 29 Sep 1895-22 Mar 1906

412849N

0892430W

post office - yes
express office -no
railroad - no

Greenville

Grover

post office - no
express office -no
railroad - yes

Hall's Settlement

Haverhill

Heaton's Point

Hegeler

412221N

0891056W

not listed

Hicks Corners

411940N

0891304W

not listed

Highland Point
Providence

Hollowayville
Platted 1857 by Dr. S. S. Holloway 
incorporated in 1893

412154N

0891749W

a post office
in Bureau Co

population 111
post office - yes
express office - no
railroad - no

37

Howe
now part of Depue

Illinois Valley & Northern Crossing

post office - no
express office - no
railroad - yes

Indian Hill

Indian Town
post office  04 Aug 1835 - 04 Feb 1836
changed to Windsor then to
Indiantown 21 Apr 1836-21 Mar 1837
reverted to Windsor
reverted Indiantown
post office 19 Dec 1850-01 Mar 1852
ultimately changed to Tiskilwa 

Indian Town
small post-village
of Bureau Co

not listed 
see Tiskilwa

Junction

post office - no
express office - no
railroad - yes

Kasbeer
post office est. 1889
named after J.S. & Sumner Kasbeer
platted by Romanus Hodgman 

413018N

0892748W

post office - yes
express office -no
railroad - yes

Kentville

Kinnorwood
Kin-nor-wood 
named by joining the first syllables 
of the proprietors' names
Col. H. L. Kinney, Geo. H. Norris
Robert P. Woodworth
surveyed 11 Mar 1836
between Bushy Creek and the
Illinois River, a few miles S. of Peru

La Moille
Lamoille
Bureau Grove
Greenfield

12 miles NE of Princeton.
Platted 15 Apr 1836 as Greenfield
by Tracy Reeve & John Kendall
1840 name changed to Lamoille
by Legislative act 

413154N

0891647W

post village of
Bureau Co on
Bureau Creek
154 m NE from
Springfield

post office - yes
express office- yes
railroad - yes

675

Ladd
Laddville 
post office 12 Jul 1888- 29 Aug 1888 
shortened to Ladd Aug 1888

412257N

0891308W

post office - no
express office - no
railroad - yes

1,332

Langley
Acton

412209N

0894117W

not listed

LaSalle Junction
rr junction near Spring Valley

not listed

Leepertown
post office 25 Mar 1851-23 Jan 1855
post office 22 Feb 1855-15 May 1855 
changed to Bureau Junction (Bureau)

see Bureau

Limerick
post office 14 Oct 1857-31 Dec 1892

412941N

0892801W

post office - yes
express office - no
railroad - no

Livingston
now Dover

not listed
see Dover

Location
now part of Spring Valley

not listed

Locust Spring

not listed

Lone Tree Corners
aka Lone Tree
Post Office 16 Aug 1849-18 Feb 1854
reestablished as Pettit
reverted to Lone Tree
post office 21 Feb 1861-31 Jan 1903

411105N

0892908W

Lone Tree
post village of
Bureau Co
110 m NE of
Springfield

population 23
post office - yes
express office - no
railroad - no

Long Island Grove

Lost Grove
now Arlington

Louisville

Love

413409N

0894821W

not listed

Lovejoy
named for Owen Lovejoy
formerly Bourbonnais 
Post Office 08 Nov 1866-22 Oct 1874

Luceyville
post office 23 Aug 1883-31 Dec 1894 
changed to Marquette Jan 1895

post office - yes
express office - no
railroad - no

Mac
Post Office 14 Jul 1866-12 Jan 1887
Post Office 14 Feb 1889-03 Jun 1889
when changed to Seatonville

Macon
Post Office 13 May 1856-13 Apr 1860

Malden
named by settlers from Malden MA
post office 19 Feb 1857-now
originally Wiona

412528N

0892209W

population 319
post office - yes
express office- yes
railroad - yes

418

Manlius
named in 1845 for Manlius, NY
home of postmaster 
Allen S. Lathrop
incorporated 1905

412723N

0894008W

population 100
post office - yes
express office -no
railroad - no

343

Marquette
Post Office 31 Dec 1891-30 Sep 1914
established when changed
from Luceyville 

411951N

0891545W

see Luceyville

Meagher
post office 23 Sep 1852-03 Oct 1855

Menominee Grove

Milo
post office  30 May 1850-31 Jul 1902
named for Milo, which was
named for island in the Grecian 
Archipelago

411133N

0893456W

post office of
Bureau Co

population 75
post office - yes
express office - no
railroad - no

Mineral
post office  05 Aug 1856-present
incorporated 16 Aug 1899

412257N

0895011W

population 188
post office - yes
express office- yes
railroad - yes

257

Neponset
incorporated 25 Feb 1867
merger of Barren Grove and Brawby
in 1855 and named Neponset

411745N

0894725W

see Barren Grove
and Brawby

population 542
post office - yes
express office -yes
railroad - yes

499

New Bedford
incorporated 1850
post office 31 Jul 1851-present
Tailhoit
Winnebago-named by
settlers from New Bedford, MA

413046N

0894314W

population 105
post office - yes
express office -no
railroad - no

93

Newport Landing
now Depue

New York Central Junction
rr junction near Ladd

Normandy
post office  07 Apr 1902-present

413343N

0893857W

not listed

Ohio
Albrecht, Albright; 
inccorporated 28 Dec 1876

413327N

0892739W

population 364
post office - yes
express office -yes
railroad - yes

558

Ottville
named for William Ott
post office 13 Sep 1865-15 Dec 1873

412053N

0891531W

not listed

Paddy's Grove

Perkin's Grove
post office  08 Jul 1842-30 Oct 1856

post village of
Bureau Co 68 m NNE 
from Peoria

Pettit
post office 27 Aug 1857-21 Feb 1861
changed to Lone Tree

Picnic Point

Pleasant Community

Pond Creek Station

Pond Grove

Port Arlington
post office 24 Apr 1844-19 Aug 1847

Preysbeterian Hill

Princeton
name drawn from hat 1834
by city commissioners
Bailey's Point
Camp Bureau
Greenfield
Round Point

412205N

0892753W

Princeton
post village;
capital of Bureau
Co; on Military Tract
railroad 65 miles N
of Peoria on a fertile
prairie 1-2 m east of
Bureau Creek; 2 
newspapers issued 
here

population 3396
post office - yes
express office -yes
railroad - yes
county seat

7,581

Providence
founded 14 Jul 1836 by
Edw. Bayley, Larned Scott &
Simeon Wilson; named after
Provicence Rhode Island
post office 24 Mar 1837-31 Jan 1903
post office 02 Feb 1903- 28 Feb 1903
previously Highland Point 

411641N

0893533W

post village of 
Bureau Co 42
miles N of Peoria

population 127
post office - yes
express office -no
railroad - no

Red Oak Grove

Ross Park

Round Point
now Princeton

not listed
see Princeton

Round Prairie

Schamoe

Seatonville
Seaton
post office est 03 Jun 1889-15 Sep 1919
when name changed from Mac
Mac was platted by James H. and
Isom Seaton and Arthur Brooke

412153N

0891635W

population 536
post office - yes
express office -no
railroad - no

282

Seatonville Junction
rr junction near Seaton/Seatonville

Selby
post office  24 Jan 1848-28 Jun 1852 
when changed to Hollowayville

Selby Station
post office 31 Mar 1854-06 May 1867
when changed to DePue

Shaft #2

post office -no
express office -no
railroad - yes

Sheffield
incorporated 01 May 1882
named for Joseph Earl Sheffield
financier for the Chicago, Rock Island 
& Pacific Railroad.

412130N

0894414W

population 993
post office - yes
express office- yes
railroad - yes

1,028

Sherman
now Depue

Sisler Community

Sobieski Park
now part of Spring Valley

Sodtown
now Thomas

Spring Valley
Location
Sobieski Park
Springvalley
named for Spring Creek which is nearby

411939N

0891159W

population 3738
post office - yes
express office- yes
railroad -yes

5,341

Storage
located somewhere near Bradford

Smyrna

small village of
Bureau Co 

Table House Grove
later called Dingley

Tailhoit
Winnebago
New Bedford

Thomas
named for Washington Thomas
post office 22 Dec 1888- 1931
formerly Sodtown 

413042N

0894910W

post office - yes
express office -no
railroad - no

Tiskilwa
incorporated 06 Apr 1840
named after Pottowatomie chief
Wappa
Indian Town
Indiantown
West Windsor
Windsor

411732N

0893022W

Indian Town
post-village of Bureau co.
45 miles NE.of  Peoria

population 801
post office - yes
express office -yes
railroad - yes

852

Tonica
later became Princeton

not listed
see Princeton

Trenton
now Depue

Truxton
post office  26 Apr 1850-02 Sep 1874
post office  21 Sep 1874-23 Jul 1879
post office 11 May 1880-21 May 1882

post-village of Bureau co.
abt 70 miles WSW
of Chicago

Van Orin
formerly Williams Station
named for prominent settler 
Van Orin Cresap

413300N

0892112W

population 85
post office - yes
express office -yes
railroad - yes

Walnut
named 1872 by Truman Wolf
formerly Brewerstown (1865 by Richard Brewer)
Walnut Grove (1837)

413324N

0893536W

population 605
post office - yes
express office -yes
railroad - yes

1,457

Walnut Grove
now Walnut

413324N

0893536W

not listed 
see Walnut

Walnut Junction

post office - no
express office -no
railroad - yes

Wappa
later Indian Town/Indiantown
Windsor
now part of Tiskilwa

Webster Park

411927N

0891041W

not listed

Wendel

413159N

0891236W

not listed

West Bureau Settlement
Leepertown
Bureau Junction
Bureau

West Hennepin

small village of 
Bureau co. on
Illinois river nearly
opposite Hennepin

West Windsor
now part of  Tiskilwa

Whitefield
formerly Whitefield Corners
post office 29 Mar 1890-13 Sep 1902
on border between Bureau
and Marshall County, IL (both counties)

410855N

0893017W

post office - yes
express office -no
railroad - no

Williams Station
now known as Van Orin

Windsor
now Tiskilwa

village in Bureau co.
110 miles NE
of Springfield.

Winnebago
post office  12 Jun 1844-18 Jan 1845
post office 30 May 1849-31 Jul 1855 
changed to New Bedford

post village 
of Bureau Co

Winona
possibly bad transcription of Wiona

Wiona
changed to Malden

Wyanet
former site of Fort Thomas
named 1855 when CB&Q RR 
was constructed;incorporated 1869

412155N

0893502W

population 670
post office - yes
express office -yes
railroad - yes

1,010

Yorktown
post office 14 Jul 1849-30 Sep 1903
post office 11 Feb 1904-15 Oct 1907

413411N

0895100W

population 72
post office - yes
express office -no
railroad - no

Zearing
named for James R Zearing
post office 14 Aug 1902-present

412644N

0891902W

not listed