The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMontezuma Township is located in Pike County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 540 and it contained 254 housing units. It is located in Township 6 South, Range 2 West of the 3rd Principal Meridian. Villages include Bedford, Greenpond, Milton and Montezuma.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 540 to 417 (-23%). Half of its homes were built before 1963.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Montezuma 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 Montezuma’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Montezuma, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Montezuma is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Montezuma has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pittsfield East School in Pittsfield, 10.6 miles away.
