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Mill Creek’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Mill Creek is a village in Union County, Illinois, United States. The population was 59 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 65 to 59 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mill Creek 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 Mill Creek

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Rush LimbaughRush LimbaughCape Girardeau · 17 miLinda M. GodwinLinda M. GodwinCape Girardeau · 17 miTerry JonesTerry JonesCape Girardeau · 17 miDFD. R. FulkersonTamms · 7 miLCLevi CaseyVienna · 21 miBSBilly SwanCape Girardeau · 17 mi
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Mill Creek, 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 Mill Creek is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mill Creek has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Paulus Evangelisch Lutherischen Gemeinde in Jonesboro, 5.3 miles away.

Mill Creek and the nearest listed places

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St. Paulus Evangelisch Lutherischen GemeindeIllinois Central Railroad DepotChicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad DepotStinson Memorial LibrarySt. Anne's Episcopal ChurchThomas J. and Caroline McClure House

Closest to Mill Creek

St. Paulus Evangelisch Lutherischen GemeindeJonesboro · Building5.3miIllinois Central Railroad DepotUllin · Building5.8miChicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad DepotTamms · Building7.3miStinson Memorial LibraryAnna · Building8.1miSt. Anne's Episcopal ChurchAnna · Queen Anne8.2mi

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. St. Paulus Evangelisch Lutherischen Gemeinde’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mill Creek?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mill Creek’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
📜 Dongola📜 Ullin📜 Tamms📜 Jonesboro
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