The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusAshland is a village in Cass County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,218 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,333 to 1,218 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1967.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ashland 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.
Start Ashland’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ashland’s history is told.
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Ashland, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Ashland is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ashland has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Clayville Tavern in Cartwright, 6 miles away.
Ashland and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
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 (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.