The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCopley Township is one of twenty-one townships in Knox County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 402 and it contained 281 housing units. In the 1850 report, the township was named Prince Albert Township. It was later named Richfield Township, and the name was changed to Copley Township on June 8, 1853.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 348 to 402 (+16%). Half of its homes were built before 1981.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Copley 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.
Start Copley’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Copley’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Copley, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Copley is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Copley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is J. Newton Conger House in Ontario, 5.7 miles away.
Copley and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.