About Palmyra, Illinois

Palmyra is a village in Macoupin County, where the 2020 census recorded 605 residents. The community was known first as Newburg and then as Cummington before being platted under its present name in 1855. Its history includes an early camp meeting, a local high school, and an opera house that became a center of community activity.

  • Early Camp MeetingMacoupin County's first camp meeting took place in August 1832 on James Cave's wooded property near the future village.
  • Changing NamesThe town was called Newburg and later Cummington before it was platted as Palmyra in 1855.
  • First Area HomeWilliam Owens built the first home in the Palmyra area, a log cabin, in 1835.
  • Palmyra High SchoolEstablished in 1892, Palmyra High School closed in 1948 when it combined with schools from three other small towns.
  • Opera HouseA second-floor theater presenting plays and traveling performers helped the Main and State streets establishment become known as the Palmyra Opera House.

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Names on the Palmyra map

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Places and landmarks1

  • Oak Hill Cemetery

Streets and roads58

  • South Main Street
  • Main Street
  • Main
  • North Main Street
  • East State Street
  • Palmyra Road
  • Elder
  • Myrtle Street
  • West Oak Street
  • Locust Street
  • East Steidley Street
  • State Street
  • North Street
  • Oak Street
  • Lewis Street
  • Union Street
  • East Street
  • Ash Street
  • Hickory Street
  • Steidley Street
  • West North Street
  • Malone Street
  • South Union Street
  • Elder Street
  • East Oak Street
  • Cemetery Street
  • King Street
  • Downing Street
  • North Ash Street
  • North Hickory Street
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  • Sherman Street
  • West Sherman Street
  • South Pearl Street
  • North Pearl Street
  • East Lewis Street
  • East Malone Street
  • East King Street
  • Arch Street
  • South Ash Street
  • West Malone Street
  • East Myrtle Street
  • West King Street
  • Park Street
  • West Street
  • Logan Street
  • Otto Street
  • Rice Street
  • West Steidley Street
  • Lincoln Street
  • Wood Street
  • Myrtle
  • Mill Street
  • Oak
  • Burch Street
  • Tongate Street
  • Og Court
  • Route 111
  • Oc Court

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The art of mapping a place

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  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

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  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

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  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

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Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

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