The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLocust Township is one of seventeen townships in Christian County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,137 and it contained 249 housing units. Taylorville Correctional Center is located in the township.
Locust was established in 1865. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,825 to 3,137 (+72%). Half of its homes were built before 1951.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Locust 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 Locust’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Locust’s history is told.
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Locust, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Locust is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Locust has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Taylorville Chautauqua Auditorium in Taylorville, 7 miles away.
Locust 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.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.