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History · Artesia

Artesia’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Artesia Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 854 and it contained 402 housing units. Artesia Township formed from portions of Ash Grove and Loda townships sometime prior to 1921.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 945 to 854 (-10%). Half of its homes were built before 1942.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Artesia 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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Artesia, 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 Artesia is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Artesia has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Smith, A. Herr and E. E., Public Library in Loda, 7 miles away.

Artesia and the nearest listed places

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Smith, A. Herr and E. E., Public LibraryGlenwood SchoolPaxton Water Tower and Pump HousePaxton Carnegie Public LibraryDunnan-Hampton HousePaxton First Schoolhouse

Closest to Artesia

Smith, A. Herr and E. E., Public LibraryLoda · Building7miGlenwood SchoolAsh Grove · Building8.2miPaxton Water Tower and Pump HousePaxton · Building11.3miPaxton Carnegie Public LibraryPaxton · Classical Revival · Built 190411.3miDunnan-Hampton HousePaxton · Queen Anne11.3mi

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. Smith, A. Herr and E. E., Public Library’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Artesia?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Artesia’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

nearby towns’ history
📜 Buckley📜 Loda📜 Thawville📜 Onarga
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