The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSigel is an incorporated town in Shelby County, Illinois, United States. The population was 329 at the 2020 census. The town was named after Franz Sigel, (1824–1902), a Union general in the American Civil War.
Sigel was established in 1867. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 373 to 329 (-12%). Half of its homes were built before 1967.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sigel 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.
Start Sigel’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sigel’s history is told.
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Sigel, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Sigel is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sigel has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Heart Theater in Effingham, 7.6 miles away.
Sigel and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.