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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

English Township is one of eleven townships in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 461 and it contained 193 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 487 to 461 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1983.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of English 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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English, 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 English is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean English has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Col. William H. Fulkerson Farmstead in Jersey, 4 miles away.

English and the nearest listed places

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Col. William H. Fulkerson FarmsteadFisher-Chapman FarmsteadJersey County CourthouseJerseyville Downtown Historic DistrictJerseyville First Presbyterian ChurchHamilton Primary School

Closest to English

Col. William H. Fulkerson FarmsteadJersey · Building4miFisher-Chapman FarmsteadJersey · Italianate4.2miJersey County CourthouseJerseyville · Building5.2miJerseyville Downtown Historic DistrictJerseyville · District5.3miJerseyville First Presbyterian ChurchJerseyville · Built 18825.4mi

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. Col. William H. Fulkerson Farmstead’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in English?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to English’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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nearby towns’ history
📜 Fieldon📜 Kane📜 Jerseyville📜 Kane
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