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Ellis Grove: A Small Randolph County Village Grows
Ellis Grove grown from 18th century frontier to a commuter town near Chester and Sparta. Mayor Graydon Frenchie Fink highlights water sewer projects, new city hall funded on trust, and population rise aided by jobs, subdivisions, and a planned elderly housing project from Anna W. Brown’s will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMaris Berry
Ellis Grove
John Rogers Clark
Randolph County
Illinois
Robert Reynolds
St. Louis
John
Supreme Court
George Ellis
Ellis
Urbana
William Crawford
Mississippi River
Chester
Rt. 3
General Planning and Resource Consultants
Graydon
Fink
Evansville
Kaskaskia
Trust
Ralph Bollinger
Bollinger
Sparta
Vincent Birchler
Birchler
Riley Lake
Kaskaskia River
Waterloo
Anna W. Brown