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History · Cahokia

Cahokia’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Cahokia. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

4old images & papers
3need a date
From Cahokia’s archive · credits on each photo

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Cahokia Township (T8N R6W) is located in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,378 and it contained 1,594 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,378 to 3,151 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1950.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cahokia 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 below
1907IllinoisLOC
1910–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cahokia’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo3 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewIllinois, 1907: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people from Cahokia

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Frank W. FriesFrank W. FriesPolitics & Law
By decade

Cahokia, decade by decade

1900s1 item
IllinoisLOCIllinois1907
1910s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Date
unknown3 items
Priest's House, State Route 157LOCDate?Priest's House, State Route 157Nicholas Jarrot Mansion, State Route 157LOCDate?Nicholas Jarrot Mansion, State Route 157Church of the Holy Family, State Route 157LOCDate?Church of the Holy Family, State Route 157
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Cahokia is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cahokia has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Route 66, Litchfield to Mount Olive in South Litchfield, 3.3 miles away.

Cahokia and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Cahokia. Tap a dot.
Route 66, Litchfield to Mount OliveManske-Niemann FarmUnion Miners CemeterySoulsby Service StationBelvidere Cafe, Motel and Gas StationAriston Cafe

Closest to Cahokia

Route 66, Litchfield to Mount OliveSouth Litchfield · Structure3.3miManske-Niemann FarmSouth Litchfield · I-House3.7miUnion Miners CemeteryMount Olive · Site4.1miSoulsby Service StationMount Olive · House and Canopy Gas Station · Built 19264.6miBelvidere Cafe, Motel and Gas StationLitchfield · Minimal Traditional · Built 19365.1mi

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. Route 66, Litchfield to Mount Olive’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Cahokia?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Cahokia’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old place
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Illinois (1907) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Eagarville📜 Lake Ka-Ho📜 East Gillespie📜 Gillespie

From the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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