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History · Phillips

Phillips’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Phillips. 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

Phillips Township is located in White County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,258 and it contained 610 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,258 to 1,129 (-10%). Half of its homes were built before 1959.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Phillips 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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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 Phillips is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Phillips has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Harmony Way Bridge in New Harmony, 6.3 miles away.

Phillips and the nearest listed places

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Harmony Way BridgeAmon Clarence Thomas HouseNew Harmony Historic DistrictWilliam W. Gray HouseNew Harmony Historic DistrictLudwig Epple House

Closest to Phillips

Harmony Way BridgeNew Harmony · Structure6.3miAmon Clarence Thomas HouseNew Harmony · District6.6miNew Harmony Historic DistrictNew Harmony · District6.7miWilliam W. Gray HouseGrayville · Building6.7miNew Harmony Historic DistrictNew Harmony · District6.8mi

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. Harmony Way Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Phillips?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Phillips’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
📜 Crossville📜 Phillipstown📜 Gray📜 Hawthorne
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