Eldred, Illinois

nestled under the 200 foot bluff where Hurricane Creek entered the broad Illinois River Valley, was a potential town from the time Luther Calvin entered the land in 1821. The town had a grist mill, saw mill, tanning yard, blacksmith shop and turning lathe.
In 1873, M.A. Kamp had the name of Farrowtown, Calhoun County, changed to Kampsville. Stephen Farrow moved to land he owned at the site of Eldred. The 1915 atlas of Greene
County shows a map of Eldred plotted as Farrow town, platted in 1895.
The 1893 atlas shows Eldred station, and indicated depot, school and a store at the site on the Litchfield, Carrollton and Western Railroad. The Eldred Post Office was established in 1884 with Warren Beebe, postmaster. Baptist church records refer to Eldred Baptist church in 1896.

		Eldred, Illinois nestled under the 200 foot bluff where Hurricane Creek entered the broad Illinois River Valley, was a potential town from the time Luther Calvin entered the land in 1821. The town had a grist mill, saw mill, tanning yard, blacksmith shop and turning lathe. In 1873, M.A. Kamp had the name of Farrowtown, Calhoun County, changed to Kampsville. Stephen Farrow moved to land he owned at the site of Eldred. The 1915 atlas of Greene County shows a map of Eldred plotted as Farrow town, platted in 1895. The 1893 atlas shows Eldred station, and indicated depot, school and a store at the site on the Litchfield, Carrollton and Western Railroad. The Eldred Post Office was established in 1884 with Warren Beebe, postmaster. Baptist church records refer to Eldred Baptist church in 1896.	Eldred Village Hall