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History · Buckhart

Buckhart’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Buckhart. 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

Buckhart is an unincorporated community in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. Buckhart is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Rochester.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,792 to 1,749 (-2%). Half of its homes were built before 1964.

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

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Famous people close to Buckhart

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Edward Mills PurcellEdward Mills PurcellTaylorville · 7 miJon CorzineJon CorzineTaylorville · 7 miYvonne CraigYvonne CraigTaylorville · 7 miLarry BucshonLarry BucshonTaylorville · 7 miLouis PersingerLouis PersingerRochester · 11 miJoyce TaylorJoyce TaylorTaylorville · 7 mi
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Buckhart, 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 Buckhart is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Buckhart has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Joseph Ross House in Cooper, 6.9 miles away.

Buckhart and the nearest listed places

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Joseph Ross HouseBolivia Road BridgeTaylorville Courthouse Square Historic DistrictJoseph Miller HouseTaylorville Chautauqua AuditoriumCentral Springfield Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)

Closest to Buckhart

Joseph Ross HouseCooper · Building6.9miBolivia Road BridgeLanesville · Built 19017.4miTaylorville Courthouse Square Historic DistrictTaylorville · District8.1miJoseph Miller HouseCooper · Building8.6miTaylorville Chautauqua AuditoriumTaylorville · Building8.7mi

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. Joseph Ross House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Buckhart?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Buckhart’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.

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