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Emington’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Emington is a village in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Emington had a population of 101.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 117 to 101 (-14%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Emington 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Emington’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Emington

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ABArnold BeckmanCullom · 8 miJZJoseph ZellerCampus · 5 miLALeslie AllenOdell · 9 miDKDan KileyCullom · 8 miDWDwight WilsonDwight · 8 miHNHelen NethercuttBuckingham · 11 mi
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Emington, 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 Emington is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Emington has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is John R. Oughton House in Dwight, 8.8 miles away.

Emington and the nearest listed places

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John R. Oughton HouseDwight Chicago and Alton Railroad DepotStandard Oil Gasoline StationPioneer Gothic ChurchAmbler's Texaco Gas StationJones House

Closest to Emington

John R. Oughton HouseDwight · Building8.8miDwight Chicago and Alton Railroad DepotDwight · Built 18918.9miStandard Oil Gasoline StationOdell · Building9.2miPioneer Gothic ChurchDwight · Building9.4miAmbler's Texaco Gas StationDwight · House with Canopy Gas Station9.6mi

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. John R. Oughton House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Emington?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Emington’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.

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