Elwin Elwin, originally Wheatland, changed to its present name on account of a Wheatland in Will county, was platted in 1859 on land owned by William Martin and Daniel H. Elwood. The village has a general store, an elevator, a blacksmith shop, one doctor, Joseph Leslie, a Methodist church and a well arranged school house; population about 100. It is located five miles south of Decatur on the Illinois Central Railroad in South Wheatland township in a very fertile prairie corn and oats producing spot. [Past and present of the City of Decatur and Macon County, Illinois. 1903. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. p. 69. Transcribed by Judy Rosella Edwards] HOME ©2008 Genealogy Trails