The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMiddleport Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,767 and it contained 1,995 housing units. Middleport Township changed its name to Watseka Township in September 1863, but then changed back to Middleport Township on an unknown date.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 4,375 to 3,767 (-14%). Half of its homes were built before 1970.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Middleport 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 Middleport’s history is told.
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Middleport, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Middleport is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Middleport has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Watseka Downtown Historic District in Watseka, 3.1 miles away.
Middleport and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.