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from WikipediaRead it all ↗Anchor was laid out on April 28, 1880, by Daniel B. Stewart (1837 – 1920). Stewart was a large landowner in the area. He was born in New York and had come to Illinois in the early 1860s. With others Stewart donated $10,000 to build ten miles of the railroad. The town was created when the Clinton Bloomington and Northeastern Railroad was built. Colfax, Cropsey and Cooksville were laid out at the same time. This railroad was soon absorbed by the Illinois Central. The first trains passed through the town on July 4, 1880. The town takes its name from Anchor Township; early McLean County historians wrote that they did not know the source of the name Anchor.
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Nothing in Anchor is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Anchor has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Alfred Phillips House in Gibson City, 8.7 miles away.
