Village of Hoyleton, Illinois
&
Hoyleton Township
History
Washington County, Illinois

Hoyleton population was listed as 520 on the 2000 U S Census Zip Code : 62803      Telephone Area Code : 618           Central Time Zone                 Latitude : 38.442                      Longitude : -89.273

Photograph Furnished by : Marsha L. Ensminger © 2008

The Hoyleton area was settled in the early to mid 1800's. The early settlers included many immigrants of German descent.       There were many of the one-room schools through out the region in the early years. For the past fifty years or so, Hoyleton has a public school and a Trinity Lutheran School. The public school system is Hoyleton Consolidated District #29, having grades Kindegarten through Eighth grade. At one time there was a two-year High School in the basement of the grade school building, which was discontinued in 1952 with the area in the eastern part of School District #29 is in the Centralia High School District #200 and the Village of Hoyleton and the area to the west is in Nashville Community High School District #99.       In 1901 the village of Hoyleton granted H. William Rixmann and Henry F. Rixmann the right to build the first telephone line within the village limits. The Rixman Telephone Company merged with the Okaw Commercial Telephone Co. in 1956 that later was taken over by the Continental Telephone Co.

VILLAGE FIRE BELL 432 LBS. Was brought to Hoyleton in the mid to late 1800's serving as an alarm bell from 1914 to 1948. Served the congregation of the Bethel Methodist Church located east of Hoffmann from 1949 to 1961. In 1962 the bell disappeared. July 10, 1983 returned to Hoyleton by Henry Reinkensmeyer and Mel illegible	Photograph Furnished by : Marsha L. Ensminger © 2008	Given and dedicated to the citizens past present and future of Hoyleton Illinois by American Legion Claude Earl Post 7887

Families & Related Items
		The Origins of the Word and Name B R I N K By : Dr. David S. Wulfman		View
		Hoffmanns 1662 - 1972 By : Bernice Rheinhardt transcribed & edited by : By : Dr. David S. Wulfman		View
		Newman and Haun Families in Illinois By : Roscoe E. Peithman		View
		Newman Land Acquisitions By : Roscoe E. Peithman		View
		Descendants of Heinrich & Maria Rixman By : Patricia Graf Kelly		View
		Ernst Heinrich Schnake Farm Peithmann and Schnake Families in Illinois By : Roscoe E. Peithman		View
Cemeteries
		Brink		View
		Evangelical - Old Zion		View
		Evangelical Zion - New		No Information
		Holley     (Boatright)		View
		Hoyleton Lutheran		No Information
		Hoyleton Village		View
		Kleemann		View
		Krughoff		View
		Meyers		View
		New Minden - Old		No Information
		North Prairie M. E.		View
		St. John's Evangelical Lutheran		No Information
		Volbrock		No Information
Schools
		Hoyleton Schools        current photos		View
		Pleasant Hill School, District No. 32 By : Roscoe E. Peithman		View
Current Photos
		Hoyleton Elevator		View
Other Historical Items
		Hoyleton Bank Loan Book 1856 - 1899 6 Pages     Contains some Lands Descriptions, etc. By : Gloria Dettleff		View
P h o t o s		Hoyleton Orphan's Home		View
		Out Of The Past Growing up on a family farm in Washington County, Hoyleton Township, Illinois, (1913-1934). By : Roscoe E. Peithman		View