The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The original inhabitants of the Bunker Hill area were the Peoria people, Kickapoo people, and Winnebago people. They were forcibly removed from the area by the United States government around 1830.
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National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Bunker Hill is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bunker Hill has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bethalto Village Hall in Bethalto, 10.3 miles away.
Bunker Hill and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Bunker Hill
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. Bethalto Village Hall’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Bunker Hill?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Bunker Hill’s story, or a memory of it.
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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 (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.