The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusEminence Township is located in Logan County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 381 and it contained 186 housing units. Thomas C. Wilson surveyed the land that became the village of Eminence in September 1836. Named because of its location on high ground, Eminence received a U.S. Post Office in June 1838 and was part of Tazewell County, Illinois until the Illinois General Assembly created Logan County in February 1839. The village of Eminence was disestablished after the Civil War and is currently known as Mount Joy.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 421 to 381 (-10%). Half of its homes were built before 1948.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Eminence 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 Eminence’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eminence’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Eminence, decade by decade
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Nothing in Eminence is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Eminence has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hawes, J. H., Elevator in Atlanta, 4.5 miles away.
Eminence 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 (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.