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Panola, IL - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Panola  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Panola Home page. The Panola Home page provides as much information as possible on Panola. Knowing Panola’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Panola’s Home page, you will also find Panola’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Panola has a population of 18. 72.2% of Panola’s inhabitants are Male, and 27.8 are female. 43.8% of Panola is married and 100% own their own home. Panola’s Ethnic is the following: White(100%).


Some sources, including Stewart, pg. 362, as well as several Woodford County history books claim the name Panola was fabricated by J.B. Calhoun, land commissioner of the Illinois Central Railroad, by arbitrarily combining single consonants and vowels. However, the 1954 El Paso Story correctly records that while Panola was assigned by an official of the Illinois Central Railroad, it simply duplicates the name of Panola County, Mississippi as well as several municipalities in the southern U.S.


named Panola. Panola is a Native American word for cotton. Because of its aging population and apparent lack of enthusiasm for others to be involved in operation of the local government, in 2004 the village board of Panola attempted to unincorporate the town. Only one other town in Illinois had successfully unincorporated previously.


Of the 33 residents at the time, 27 had voting rights. The measure failed 16 to 11. It needed a majority to pass.


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