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History · Lovejoy

Lovejoy’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Lovejoy Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 382 and it contained 174 housing units. Lovejoy Township was formed from a portion of Milford Township on February 19, 1868.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 406 to 382 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1955.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lovejoy 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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Famous people close to Lovejoy

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Jessie SumnerJessie SumnerMilford · 7 miJHJean HixsonHoopeston · 5 miThad MattaThad MattaHoopeston · 5 miTom HamiltonTom HamiltonHoopeston · 5 miFrankie GustineFrankie GustineHoopeston · 5 miCRClaude RothgebMilford · 7 mi
By decade

Lovejoy, 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 Lovejoy is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lovejoy has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hoopeston Carnegie Public Library in Hoopeston, 4.8 miles away.

Lovejoy and the nearest listed places

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Hoopeston Carnegie Public LibraryHoopes-Cunningham MansionGlenwood SchoolOld Iroquois County CourthouseWatseka Union DepotWatseka Downtown Historic District

Closest to Lovejoy

Hoopeston Carnegie Public LibraryHoopeston · Classical Revival4.8miHoopes-Cunningham MansionHoopeston · Building5miGlenwood SchoolAsh Grove · Building9.4miOld Iroquois County CourthouseWatseka · Building16.8miWatseka Union DepotWatseka · Building16.9mi

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. Hoopeston Carnegie Public Library’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lovejoy?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lovejoy’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.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Wellington📜 Hoopeston📜 Fountain Creek📜 Prairie Green
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