Maroa’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Maroa. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first settler of the township was James Pettyjohn, who came from Kentucky and settled in 1839. The next group of settlers came from Ohio, Indiana, and Tennessee. The first schoolhouse was built in 1852. Maroa at one time was the second largest township, besides county seat Decatur, as it sat at the junction of both the Illinois Central Railroad and the Midland Railroad Company.
Maroa was officially incorporated as a town on March 7, 1867.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Maroa’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maroa’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewIllinois Central Depot in Maroa, …, 1981: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Maroa
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Maroa, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Maroa is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Maroa has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Magill House in Clinton, 8.1 miles away.
Maroa and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Illinois Central Depot in Maroa, IIllinos, Nov. 1981 -- Amazing (1981) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.