The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFlat Branch Township is located in Shelby County in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 443 and it contained 181 housing units.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 443 to 420 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Flat Branch 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 Flat Branch’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Flat Branch’s history is told.
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Flat Branch, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Flat Branch is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Flat Branch has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Illinois State Bank Building in Assumption, 5.5 miles away.
Flat Branch 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.