Eldred nestled under the 200 foot bluff where Hurricane Creek entered the broad Illinois River Valley. It was a potential town from the time Luther Calvin entered the land in 1821. In 1942, Warren Beebe, living on the south edge of Eldred, recalled that his small stature caused a refusal of an enlistment in the civil War, in 1862 at age 14. Thirteen young men had already gone from the “Pioneer Community,” being the name of the school (the stone Jug School.) Mr. Beebe termed the community a prosperous one, with a grist mill, saw mill, tanyard, 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 platted as Farrowtown. Farrowtown was platted in 1895. The 1893 Atlas shows Eldred station, and indicated depot, school, store at the site on the Litchfield, Carrollton and Western Railroad. The Baptist church records refer to Eldred Baptists church in 1896. 1898-1900 Farrrowtown became known as the village of Eldred, named for the Eldred Family north of the growing village. In 1905, Eldred was incorporated.

 

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