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Medora’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Medora is a village in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 379 at the 2020 census, down from 419 in 2010.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 419 to 379 (-10%). Half of its homes were built before 1952.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Medora 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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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 Medora is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Medora has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Robinson, J. L., General Store in Western Mound, 9.4 miles away.

Medora and the nearest listed places

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Robinson, J. L., General StoreJerseyville First Presbyterian ChurchJerseyville Downtown Historic DistrictJersey County CourthouseFisher-Chapman FarmsteadCol. William H. Fulkerson Farmstead

Closest to Medora

Robinson, J. L., General StoreWestern Mound · Building9.4miJerseyville First Presbyterian ChurchJerseyville · Built 188210.7miJerseyville Downtown Historic DistrictJerseyville · District10.8miJersey County CourthouseJerseyville · Building10.8miFisher-Chapman FarmsteadJersey · Italianate11.1mi

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. Robinson, J. L., General Store’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Medora?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Medora’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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