The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1836, English settlers William and Ann Studley were the first to arrive in the area. By 1840, additional settlers arrived, originally naming the settlement Brawby after the village they had left in England. The name was changed to Neponset in 1866, possibly named after the Neponset River in Massachusetts, where the English immigrants had arrived in the United States. Neponset incorporated as a village in 1883.
The Neponset High School was constructed in 1927 and served the community until 1999, when the Neponset School District merged with the Kewanee School District. High school aged students now largely attend Kewanee High School.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Neponset’s history is told.
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Neponset, decade by decade
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Nothing in Neponset is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Neponset has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Francis, Frederick, Woodland Palace in Neponset, 1.6 miles away.
Neponset 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.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.