Village of Modesto Community Page

Village of Modesto Community Page Rural community founded in 1896 located in NW Macoupin County, IL111. Northwestern School Dist. Pop. 300. Tom Thompson, Mayor

See: Modesto Community Building rental info & Modesto Talk, this is Modesto, Illinois. Modesto celebrated our Centennial in 1996 which makes us relatively young for a village in this rural area. Story goes that we were named after Modesto, California. One of our founding fathers had taken a trip out west and had so admired the California town that he suggested we adopt the name Modesto. We are the only other one in the nation.

Hey Look at this! Vote for Carlinville to be included in a Hallmark Christmas Show!
08/21/2026

Hey Look at this! Vote for Carlinville to be included in a Hallmark Christmas Show!

Christmas is still four months away, but residents in one small Illinois town are already getting into the holiday spirit.

Galen Gibbs built this gas station, west across the street from the Modesto park. It was a Shell station at this time. ...
08/11/2026

Galen Gibbs built this gas station, west across the street from the Modesto park. It was a Shell station at this time. Later Sinclair. Photo found loose in My Dads 1946 year book.

Good evening. This is a segment of an old group photo that has always been said to be a fox hunting crowd gathered in Ea...
08/10/2026

Good evening. This is a segment of an old group photo that has always been said to be a fox hunting crowd gathered in Early Modesto, Illinois.

I do not intend to use AI on many photos, unless extremely scratched. However, this one was tempting. So I used the free ChatGPT app available, presently, on Google.

Please note: all I have is a color copy from the original. This would be looking east from about the area of the current cafe’, towards where the lumber yard is today. The train tracks ran thru right about where Gibbs construction is today. It slanted to the west as it left town.

One thing I just love about small town newspapers, are these cool human interest stories. Ladies and gentlemen, I give y...
08/09/2026

One thing I just love about small town newspapers, are these cool human interest stories. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Norman Turner and his Siamese twin squash. Shared by his granddaughter, Tisha Motley Kerr

Jim Loveless and Norman Turner, Volunteer Modesto Fireman, preparing to setup the big tents for The Modesto Fish Fry.
08/09/2026

Jim Loveless and Norman Turner, Volunteer Modesto Fireman, preparing to setup the big tents for The Modesto Fish Fry.

This picture was at the Modesto Baptist Church, still going by its original name "The Apple Creek Baptist Church" , unde...
08/09/2026

This picture was at the Modesto Baptist Church, still going by its original name "The Apple Creek Baptist Church" , under construction in town, Modesto. This was the first building put in town, the one destroyed in the tornado

08/09/2026

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Carlinville, IL
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