OAKLEY, SANGAMON, WHEATLAND, BOODY Are villages of local interest to their surrounding neighborhoods, and all have stores, and some of them elevators and other conveniences for shipping. [Smith, J. W. (1876). History of Macon County, Illinois, from its organization to 1876. Springfield, Ill: Rokker's Printing House. P. 232.] Boody Boody is on the St. Louis Branch of the Wabash Railroad about four miles southwest of Decatur in Blue Mound township, in a fine corn and wheat producing locality. It was platted in 1870 on land owned by Frederick Neintker, who entered it from the government in 1856. It has two general stores, one elevator, one blacksmith shop, one shoe store, one United Brethren church, one town hall, a two-room school house; two doctors. The secret societies are: The Fraternal Army, The Modern Woodmen and The Home Circle. Population 300. [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.] Oakley. Oakley was platted in 1856, on land owned by William Rea. Two general stores, two elevators, and one blacksmith shop constitute the business of the village. A Modern Woodmen lodge, a United Brethren church and a modern school house are located here. The population is 200. It is situated five miles east of Decatur on the Wabash Railroad. [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. ] Sangamon. Sangamon, located in the west part of Sangamon township, was established soon after the building of the Wabash Railroad. It has two stores, a grain elevator, a blacksmith shop and a postoffice. [Past and present of the City of Decatur and Macon County, Illinois. 1903. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. p. 71. Transcribed by Judy Rosella Edwards.] HOME ©2008 Genealogy Trails