History · Wade

Wade’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Wade. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

0old images & papers
1historic places
0recent photos

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Wade Township is one of eleven townships in Jasper County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,380 and it contained 2,048 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 4,475 to 4,380 (-2%). Half of its homes were built before 1976.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wade yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

Be one of the first

Start Wade’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wade’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people close to Wade

See all 15 →
By decade

Wade, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your album
National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Wade

1 place in Wade is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

#229
In Illinoisby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 other
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
0historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1998first listedEmbarras River Bridge

Where they are

Tap a dot for a photo and link. Districts show at their center.
Structures

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
We left the porch light on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Wade, ILJasper CountyView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map
Loading boundary…

Wade is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/15 · 2025-01-01