Pictured above are the remains of an abandoned school house in Elmira, Illinois. Elmira is an unincorporated community located in Stark County, and is approximately 40 miles NNW of Peoria.
The school opened in 1902 and until 1915 held high school classes. The school continued serving elementary students until it closed in 1952.
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Looking south on 100 E toward 300 N in West Jersey Township. Stark County is a heavily rural county situated north of Peoria. The population of Stark County at the 2010 census was 5,994.
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The Spoon River is noted for giving its name to the fictional Illinois town in the 1916 poetry work Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, who was from Lewistown, about 50 miles south of West Jersey Township in Stark County from where this photo was taken.
A 147-mile-long tributary of the Illinois River in west-central Illinois, the Spoon River drains largely agricultural prairie country between Peoria and Galesburg, flowing through parts of Henry, Bureau, Stark, Knox, and Fulton counties.
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A view of the Stark County Courthouse looking to the southwest in Toulon, Illinois. The Stark County Courthouse was built in 1857.
Stark County, with a population of 5,994 at the 2010 census, is situated north of Peoria in west Central Illinois. Toulon, the county seat, is the second largest city in the county and had a population of 1,292 in 2010.
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A view of the Stark County Courthouse, Courthouse Annex, Veterans Memorial, and W. Main Street in downtown Toulon. The Stark County Courthouse was built in 1857.
Stark County, with a population of 5,994 at the 2010 census, is situated north of Peoria in west Central Illinois. Toulon, the county seats, is the second largest city in the county and had a population of 1,292 in 2010.
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