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History · Golden Gate

Golden Gate’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Golden Gate. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Golden Gate is a village in Wayne County, Illinois, along the Little Wabash River. The population was 65 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 68 to 65 (-4%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

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

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Golden Gate has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Old Morrison Mill in Burnt Prairie, 8.1 miles away.

Golden Gate and the nearest listed places

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Old Morrison MillSt. Johns Episcopal ChurchTurney-Hall House (Additional Documentation)G.J. George HouseWilliam W. Gray HouseRatcliff Inn

Closest to Golden Gate

Old Morrison MillBurnt Prairie · Building8.1miSt. Johns Episcopal ChurchAlbion · Gothic Revival · Built 18428.1miTurney-Hall House (Additional Documentation)Fairfield · Built 18708.3miG.J. George HouseFairfield · Late Victorian8.7miWilliam W. Gray HouseGrayville · Building13.3mi

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. Old Morrison Mill’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Golden Gate?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Golden Gate’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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