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History · Rivoli

Rivoli’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Rivoli Township is located in Mercer County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,142 and it contained 516 housing units. Rivoli Township changed its name from North Pope Township sometime before 1921.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,142 to 1,039 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1961.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rivoli 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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Famous people close to Rivoli

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Suzy BoggussSuzy BoggussAledo · 13 miDon SamuelsonDon SamuelsonWoodhull · 9 miDLDoris LeeAledo · 13 miEJEdgar Augustus Jerome JohnsonOrion · 13 miJudson Churchill WelliverJudson Churchill WelliverAledo · 13 miBaby Doll JacobsonBaby Doll JacobsonCable · 6 mi
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Rivoli, 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 Rivoli is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Rivoli has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sherrard Banking Company in Sherrard, 8.6 miles away.

Rivoli and the nearest listed places

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Sherrard Banking CompanyAlexis Opera HouseLind, Jenny, ChapelWest Water Tower and Ground Storage TankMusic PavilionAndover Chapter House

Closest to Rivoli

Sherrard Banking CompanySherrard · Late Victorian8.6miAlexis Opera HouseAlexis · Romanesque Revival9.6miLind, Jenny, ChapelAndover · Built 185112.3miWest Water Tower and Ground Storage TankOrion · Built 192812.5miMusic PavilionOrion · Late 19th and early 20th Century Revival · Built 191312.5mi

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. Sherrard Banking Company’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Rivoli?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Rivoli’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
📜 Windsor📜 Viola📜 Richland Grove📜 North Henderson
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