The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFancy Creek Township is located in Sangamon County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,410 and it contained 2,074 housing units. Fancy Creek Township changed its name from Power Township on September 11, 1861. The township annexed the eastern half of Salisbury Township in 1989, thereby increasing in size. The Sangamon River State Fish and Wildlife Area, a state-owned conservation area, is located here on the banks of the Sangamon River.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 5,410 to 5,836 (+8%). Half of its homes were built before 1997.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fancy Creek 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 Fancy Creek’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fancy Creek’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Fancy Creek, decade by decade
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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 (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.