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History · Strasburg

Strasburg’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Strasburg is a village in Shelby County, Illinois, United States. The population was 531 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 467 to 531 (+14%). Half of its homes were built before 1967.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Strasburg 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Strasburg’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Strasburg

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Josephine CochraneJosephine CochraneShelbyville · 7 miPatricia HarrisPatricia HarrisMattoon · 14 miTCThomas Chrowder ChamberlinMattoon · 14 miFrank EdwardsFrank EdwardsMattoon · 14 miHope SummersHope SummersMattoon · 14 miJoe KnollenbergJoe KnollenbergMattoon · 14 mi
By decade

Strasburg, 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 Strasburg is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Strasburg has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Clarksburg Schoolhouse in Clarksburg, 6.9 miles away.

Strasburg and the nearest listed places

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Clarksburg SchoolhouseShelbyville Historic DistrictChautauqua AuditoriumHorace M. Tallman HouseThompson Mill Covered BridgeRichard Roytek House

Closest to Strasburg

Clarksburg SchoolhouseClarksburg · Two Room School6.9miShelbyville Historic DistrictShelbyville · District10.1miChautauqua AuditoriumShelbyville · Built 190310.2miHorace M. Tallman HouseShelbyville · Late Victorian10.4miThompson Mill Covered BridgeDry Point · Built 186812.2mi

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. Clarksburg Schoolhouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Strasburg?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Strasburg’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.

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