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Indian Point’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Indian Point Township is one of twenty-one townships in Knox County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,473 and it contained 691 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,554 to 1,473 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1962.

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

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Indian Point has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Indian Ford Bridge in Young Hickory, 7.4 miles away.

Indian Point and the nearest listed places

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Indian Ford BridgeLondon Mills BridgeOdd Fellows Opera BlockKnox County Courthouse and Hall of RecordsKnox County JailOld Main, Knox College

Closest to Indian Point

Indian Ford BridgeYoung Hickory · Structure7.4miLondon Mills BridgeLondon Mills · Structure7.6miOdd Fellows Opera BlockEllisville · Building10.6miKnox County Courthouse and Hall of RecordsKnoxville · Building11.4miKnox County JailKnoxville · Building11.4mi

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. Indian Ford Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Indian Point?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Indian Point’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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