Mercer County Historical Society

The Mercer County Historical Society is an organization of people whose main concern is preserving the history of Mercer County in Illinois. They have established a museum ( Essley-Noble Museum located in Aledo, IL.) with many displays of historical facets of Mercer County including a one-room schoolhouse and a machine shed full of the county's antique artifacts and farm machinery.  The organization has approximately 400 members and their expenses are met to a great degree by membership fees and donations.  They publish a newsletter that is mailed out four times during the year which can be costly to the organization.  The Mercer County Historical Society's goals are to preserve artifacts and provide educational opportunities concerning articles and information of historical value and significance to the history and life of residents of Mercer County, IL. They have a genealogy division with extensive data and related documents  for the researching of family histories.

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