The public archives hold no old photos of Elk yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Elk’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Elk yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Elk Township is one of sixteen townships in Jackson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,746 and it contained 849 housing units.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,907 to 1,746 (-8%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Nobody well known was born in Elk itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
