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Community of Gillum History
McLean County, Illinois

(Transcribed by: Teri Moncelle Colglazier)

In 1871, Mr. and Mrs. John Price [Priceville, Downs Township] celebrated their golden wedding in a most pleasant and long-to-be-remembered entertainment. Of their eight children, four are still living. Gillum Station, in Old Town, was named after one of his daughters, Mrs. Mary Gillum Condon. [The History of McLean County, Illinois, Chicago: W. LeBaron Jr. & Co., 1879] The village of Gillum is in the southwest part [of Old Town Township]. ["Official souvenir program, McLean County Centennial, Aug. 27, 28, 30, 1930" by: McLean County Illinois Centennial Souvenir Program Committee, Harold Lang and Eugene Funk] Also in Oldtown Township is the small village of Gillum, with a population of forty. It is served by the postoffice at nearby Bloomington city. Gillum had its origin as a flag stop on the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railroad—now part of the New York Central System. [This is McLean County, Illinois by: John Drury, The Loree Co., Chicago, Illinois (1955)]

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