Maeystown, Illinois
Village of Illinois in Monroe County
About Maeystown
Maeystown is a village in Monroe County, Illinois, United States. The population was 150 at the 2020 census.
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How Maeystown is governed
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Residents of Maeystown
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Mayor
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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City Clerk
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City Attorney
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Presides over the municipal court.
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Population over time
From 157 in 2010 to 150 in 2020 (−4.5%).
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| Year | Population |
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| 2020 | 150 |
| 2010 | 157 |
History
The history of the tract of land where what is now Maeystown is situated, began sometime after 1782, when a soldier of the American Revolution, one James McRoberts, staked a claim of 100 acres (40 ha) (Survey 704; Claim 316). He subsequently left the Illinois Territory for Tennessee, where he married Mary Fletcher-Harris, and returned in 1797, adding another 100 acres (0.40 km2) to his holdings. It was on this second tract that he built his home, from cedar logs, and here he raised his family. McRoberts fathered ten children, the eldest, Samuel McRoberts, being the first native-born Illinoisan to serve in the United States Senate.
Maeystown may be said to have begun its growth as a town in the year 1852, when Jacob Maeys built a sawmill on what had become known as McRoberts Meadow, which he purchased in 1848. For a year after its construction the mill remained idle, on account of there not being sufficient water to drive it. Steam engines were then put in place, and the mill successfully operated. The first store was opened in 1858 by Jacob Maeys in partnership with Judge Abraham Poston. By this time some half a dozen houses had been erected in the place. A town had been surveyed and laid off in 1856 by Maeys, and called "Maeysville". A post office was established in 1860, which changed the name to Maeystown, with Jacob Maeys appointed as first postmaster.
The entire village, save for a small strip of land on the northeast side, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Maeystown Historic District.
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