The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusEden Township is located in LaSalle County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,398 and it contained 632 housing units.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,471 to 1,398 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1952.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Eden 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 Eden’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eden’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Eden, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Eden is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Eden has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is LaSalle Downtown Commercial District in LaSalle, 6.4 miles away.
Eden 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.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.