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History · Pomona

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

Pomona is an unincorporated community in Pomona Township, Jackson County, Illinois, United States. Pomona is located in the Shawnee National Forest 10 miles (16 km) south of Murphysboro. Pomona has no post office as of 2010 ZIP code 62975. The community was featured in the 2002 Steve James documentary Stevie.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 802 people in 2010, 794 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1983.

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

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pomona has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Rendleman Orchards in Alto Pass, 4.1 miles away.

Pomona and the nearest listed places

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Rendleman OrchardsRiverside Park BandshellGrand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company SiteRobert W. Hamilton HouseMurphysboro Masonic Lodge No. 498 A.F & A.MCornelius Hennessy Building

Closest to Pomona

Rendleman OrchardsAlto Pass · District4.1miRiverside Park BandshellMurphysboro · Built 19388miGrand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company SiteGrand Tower · Site8.4miRobert W. Hamilton HouseMurphysboro · Building8.4miMurphysboro Masonic Lodge No. 498 A.F & A.MMurphysboro · Building8.5mi

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. Rendleman Orchards’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Pomona?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Pomona’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
📜 Alto Pass📜 Grand Tower📜 Makanda📜 Murphysboro
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