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History · Kangley

Kangley’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Kangley is a village in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 235 at the 2020 census, down from 251 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is a part of the geographic region known as Streatorland.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 251 to 235 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1945.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Kangley 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kangley’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Kangley

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Clyde TombaughClyde TombaughStreator · 3 miJerry WellerJerry WellerStreator · 3 miHerbert Spencer JenningsHerbert Spencer JenningsTonica · 11 miCMClarence E. MulfordStreator · 3 miBurt BaskinBurt BaskinStreator · 3 miEPEdward H. PlumbStreator · 3 mi
By decade

Kangley, 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 Kangley is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Kangley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Ruffin Drew Fletcher House in Streator, 2.7 miles away.

Kangley and the nearest listed places

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Ruffin Drew Fletcher HouseStreator Public LibrarySilas Williams HouseMemorial Bandstand of Long PointRansom Water TowerSpring Valley House-Sulfur Springs Hotel

Closest to Kangley

Ruffin Drew Fletcher HouseStreator · Building2.7miStreator Public LibraryStreator · Built 19022.8miSilas Williams HouseStreator · Queen Anne2.9miMemorial Bandstand of Long PointLong Point · Structure9.9miRansom Water TowerRansom · Built 189611.6mi

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. Ruffin Drew Fletcher House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Kangley?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Kangley’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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