Brimfield’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Brimfield. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBrimfield (formerly Charleston) is a village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Brimfield had a population of 778. Brimfield is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 868 to 778 (-10%). Half of its homes were built before 1957.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Brimfield 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Brimfield’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Brimfield’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewCong. Church, 1909: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Brimfield
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Brimfield, decade by decade
1990s
unknown1 item
1 historic place in Brimfield
1 place in Brimfield is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Cong. Church (1909) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.