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Mount Zion’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Mount Zion. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Mount Zion is a village in Macon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 6,019 at the 2020 census.

Mount Zion was established in 1881. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 5,833 to 6,019 (+3%). Half of its homes were built before 1979.

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

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mount Zion has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Eli Ulery House in Mount Zion, 3 miles away.

Mount Zion and the nearest listed places

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Eli Ulery HouseDecatur Downtown Historic DistrictWabash Railroad Station and Railway Express AgencyDecatur Historic DistrictTransfer HouseJames Millikin House

Closest to Mount Zion

Eli Ulery HouseMount Zion · Italianate3miDecatur Downtown Historic DistrictDecatur · District5.5miWabash Railroad Station and Railway Express AgencyDecatur · Building5.5miDecatur Historic DistrictDecatur · District5.6miTransfer HouseDecatur · Victorian5.6mi

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. Eli Ulery House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mount Zion?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mount Zion’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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📜 Long Creek📜 Mount Zion📜 Long Creek📜 South Wheatland
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