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Mount Hope’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Mount Hope Township is located in McLean County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,103 and it contained 455 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,103 to 969 (-12%). Half of its homes were built before 1963.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mount Hope 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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Mount Hope, 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 Mount Hope is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mount Hope has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Downey Building in Atlanta, 5.1 miles away.

Mount Hope and the nearest listed places

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Downey BuildingHawes, J. H., ElevatorAtlanta Public LibraryUniversity HallHoblit HouseStephan A. Foley House

Closest to Mount Hope

Downey BuildingAtlanta · Building5.1miHawes, J. H., ElevatorAtlanta · Structure5.1miAtlanta Public LibraryAtlanta · Building5.6miUniversity HallLincoln · Building14.3miHoblit HouseLincoln · Building14.6mi

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. Downey Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mount Hope?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mount Hope’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
📜 McLean📜 Atlanta📜 Armington📜 Hittle
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