The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The site of Congerville was surveyed for Joseph Schrock on January 2, 1888, and the village was known as Schrock. The name was changed to Conger on February 27, 1888, after the early settler Ben Conger, and then to Congerville on July 31, 1888.
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Before
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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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Congerville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Congerville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Eureka College Administration and Chapel in Eureka, 7.5 miles away.
Congerville and the nearest listed places
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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. Eureka College Administration and Chapel’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Congerville?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Congerville’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.