North Palmyra Township T12N R8W

South Palmyra Township T11N R8W

Towns in North Palmyra Twp	History	Cemeteries	Schools
Population in 1870	1875 Atlas	1875 Atlas Names	Google Map

The population in all of North Palmyra Township in 1870 was 1,234

Towns in North Palmyra Township are:

(Hartford)

Modesto Lat 392842N Long 0895855W

Palmyra (formerly named Eagle Point, Newburgh and Cummington then Palmyra) Lat 392605N Long 0895945W

(Vancil's Point)

Picture - Mount Olive Students 1912 (not the town Mount Olive) School District south of Palmyra

(Hartford) Information

In 1875, Hartford may have been in the area of School #5 east of Vancils Point in North Palmyra Township. I don't know of any Post Office being located at Hartford or a town of any kind. Hartford doesn't show on the 1875 or the 1893-94 plat map.

Modesto Lat 392842N Long 0895855W

History of and Charter for the Village of Modesto contributed by Robert Fletcher

City Fathers Of Modesto And Their Families contributed by Robert Fletcher

Palmyra (town) Information - (Eagle Point, Newburgh and Cummington) Lat 392605N Long 0895945W

Illinois Place Names book:
(Macoupin). PO Est. (ch. from Cummington) 5/25/1858; active; RFD serves Barr. Inc-v-7/15/1881. Formerly Cummington, Eagle Point, Newburgh. Pop. (1960) 811.
Eagle Point established 26 Mar 1833, Changed to Cummington 2 Nov 1841. Changed from Cummington to Palmyra 25 May 1858.

Map from M Trover showing Newburgh

In 1980, Palmyra's population was 864. In 1990, the population was 722.

History of the town of Palmyra contributed by Mary Ann Stewart Kaylor

Charter for the Village of Palmyra contributed for use by Robert Fletcher

(Vancils Point) Information

Vancil's Point Post Office was established 22 Sep 1858 and disbanded 16 Jun 1884. On the 1875 plat map, Vancils Point Post Office was located in the southwest corner of Section 4 of North Palmyra Township.

Vancils Point was probably named after I B Vancil who came or was born in the county in 1828. By 1893-94, I B Vancil probably owned over 1000 acres in the area.

Just west of the Post Office was School #4 and just west of the school was a Christian Church.

There were a couple of houses closeby. I never heard of a town being located there. It appears to be a community crossroads where possibly there may have been a store with the Post Office.

By the 1893-94 plat map, Vancils Point is no longer on the map.

Towns in South Palmyra Twp	History and Charter	Cemeteries	Schools
Population in 1870	1875 Atlas	1875 Atlas Names	Google Map

The population in all of South Palmyra Township in 1870 was 1,166.

History of South Palmyra Township contributed by Mary Ann Stewart Kaylor


Towns in North Palmyra Township are:

Hettick Lat 392118N Long 0900213W

Hettick Post Office was established 18 Apr 1882.

History of Hettick contributed for use by Mary Ann Stewart Kaylor

Concord Primitive Baptist Church History

Concord Primitive Baptist Church picture 1 - picture 2

Samuel Love, reportedly to be the first white child born in Macoupin County

Samuel Love

contributed by Ron Grassi

According to Portait and Biographical Record of Macoupin County, Illinois...Chicago, Biographical Publishing Company 1891, p 742

"Samuel Love, a resident of Bird Township, is a son of John and Cynthis (Seymour) Love, who emigrated from Alabama to Illinois in the early days. They came first to Madison County, where they remained a few months, and then came to Macoupin County as early as before the '20s, but at just what date the son is unable to say. They made their home in what is now South Palmyra Township, but about the year 1828 they removed to Morgan County, this State, and remained through the lifetime of Mrs. Love, after which her husband moved to Greene County, where he spent the remainder of his days.The subject of this sketch was one of the five children of his parents who lived to maturity, and he was the youngest of their number. It is claimed that he was the first white child born in Macoupin County, as he opened his eyes upon this world in the year 1822 in South Palmyra Township."

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