The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusArgenta is a village in Macon County, Illinois, United States, whose population was 913 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Decatur, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 947 to 913 (-4%). Half of its homes were built before 1955.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Argenta 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.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Argenta’s history is told.
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Argenta, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Argenta is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Argenta has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Union Church in Whitmore, 4.8 miles away.
Argenta and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.