The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Dix Township was originally named Drummer Grove Township; on September 2, 1864 it was renamed named in honor of John Adams Dix.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dix’s history is told.
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Dix, decade by decade
Before
2000
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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Dix is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dix has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Alfred Phillips House in Gibson City, 4.6 miles away.
Dix 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. Alfred Phillips House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Dix?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Dix’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational 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.