SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS
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- May 22, 2005
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Town of Shermanville would be about 136
years old now.
Shermanville started out for me as a search
for a very small cemetery, (Channahon Grave
Yard some called it), found out that what
was left of it was paved over for a highway and
no trace exists. Buried in this plot were some
of the residents of the two generally forgotten
villages of Kankakee City and Shermanville.
Wanted to find the site of Shermanville.
Locating the site and perhaps being able to bring out
one artifact from where the town stood became a goal.
Not to be. I know about the town, the general store,
post office, some of the folk who lived there, its commerce,
but I have not been able to locate it. And the best anyone
can say is that it stood somewhere near the big bend near
where the Illinois River and Kankakee River join.
It was a very small town, like many, it came into being
and melted away ALMOST forgotten.
And that folks is the story of why Shermanville would
be about 136 years old, and why I use the tag
SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS.
all have a good un.........
SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS
years old now.
Shermanville started out for me as a search
for a very small cemetery, (Channahon Grave
Yard some called it), found out that what
was left of it was paved over for a highway and
no trace exists. Buried in this plot were some
of the residents of the two generally forgotten
villages of Kankakee City and Shermanville.
Wanted to find the site of Shermanville.
Locating the site and perhaps being able to bring out
one artifact from where the town stood became a goal.
Not to be. I know about the town, the general store,
post office, some of the folk who lived there, its commerce,
but I have not been able to locate it. And the best anyone
can say is that it stood somewhere near the big bend near
where the Illinois River and Kankakee River join.
It was a very small town, like many, it came into being
and melted away ALMOST forgotten.
And that folks is the story of why Shermanville would
be about 136 years old, and why I use the tag
SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS.
all have a good un.........
SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS
