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Dora’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Dora Township is located in Moultrie County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 802 and it contained 339 housing units. It contains the census-designated place of Lake City.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 802 to 712 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1955.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dora 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.

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Dora, decade by decade

Before
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.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Dora is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dora has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Eli Ulery House in Mount Zion, 5.1 miles away.

Dora and the nearest listed places

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Eli Ulery HouseMoultrie County CourthouseVoorhies CastleWabash Railroad Station and Railway Express AgencyDecatur Downtown Historic DistrictTransfer House

Closest to Dora

Eli Ulery HouseMount Zion · Building5.1miMoultrie County CourthouseSullivan · Building11.9miVoorhies CastleUnity · Building12.9miWabash Railroad Station and Railway Express AgencyDecatur · Building13.2miDecatur Downtown Historic DistrictDecatur · District13.4mi

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. Eli Ulery House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Dora?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Dora’s story, or a memory of it.
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National 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.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Dalton City📜 Lovington📜 Mount Zion📜 Bethany
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