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Arispie’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Arispie. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Arispie Township is one of twenty-five townships in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 763 and it contained 355 housing units.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 776 people in 2010, 763 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1966.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Arispie 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 Arispie’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Arispie

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BGBilly GarrettPrinceton · 5 miVFVirgil FoxPrinceton · 5 miKathryn HaysKathryn HaysPrinceton · 5 miCSCharles Torrey SimpsonTiskilwa · 3 miRed RuffingRed RuffingGranville · 12 miJTJosh TaylorPrinceton · 5 mi
By decade

Arispie, 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.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Arispie is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Arispie has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Stevens House in Tiskilwa, 2.5 miles away.

Arispie and the nearest listed places

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Stevens HouseGreenwood CottageColonel George H. Paddock HouseOakland Cemetery Historic DistrictPrinceton South Main Street-Courthouse Square Historic DistrictHampshire Colony Congregational Church

Closest to Arispie

Stevens HouseTiskilwa · Building2.5miGreenwood CottagePrinceton · Built 18525.3miColonel George H. Paddock HousePrinceton · Built 19035.6miOakland Cemetery Historic DistrictPrinceton · District5.7miPrinceton South Main Street-Courthouse Square Historic DistrictPrinceton · District5.7mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Stevens House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Arispie?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Arispie’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

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

Stories next door

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📜 Tiskilwa📜 Bureau Junction📜 Leepertown📜 Princeton
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