Editing Assumption, Illinois (section)

==History==
[[File:Assumption, Illinois (1913).jpg|thumb|left|[[Illinois Central Railroad]] depot in Assumption, 1913]]
Assumption originally was called "Tacusah".<ref name="History">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3WI3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PT49 | title=Illinois Central Magazine | publisher=Illinois Central Railroad Company | year=1922 | page=44}}</ref> The present name is after [[Assumption Parish, Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cityofassumption.org/about-us | title=Our History| publisher=City of Assumption| accessdate=18 October 2022}}</ref> A post office called Assumption has been in operation since 1858.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=IL | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=20 February 2018}}</ref> Assumption lays claim to the deepest coal mine (abandoned in the 1930s) in the state at over 1000' below the surface. First National Bank of Assumption (founded in 1900) claims to be the oldest bank in [[Christian County, Illinois|Christian County]] as it was the only bank in the county to remain open during the Great Depression.

In  May 2017, news reached Assumption of the recovery of the remains of United States Air Force Captain Joseph S. Smith, a pilot shot down over Cambodia in 1971 during the Vietnam War. A large portion of the community turned out for his repatriation and interment in July 2017.