Editing Greenview, Illinois (section)

==History==
Greenview was laid out in October 1857 by Menard County pioneer Willian Engle, on land originally owned by Charles Montgomery in [[section (United States land surveying)|section]] 23 of [[survey township|township]] 19 north, range 6 west of the [[Third Principal Meridian]].<ref name="hmmci-353">{{cite book | url = http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilmaga/menard/1879hist/greenview_village.html | title = History of Menard & Mason Counties, Illinois | chapter = Village of Greenview | year = 1879 | page = 353 | publisher = O.L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers | location = [[Chicago]] }}</ref> It was named after [[William G. Greene]] of nearby [[Tallula No. 11 Precinct, Menard County, Illinois|Tallula Precinct]], because he convinced the railroad to come through the town:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.visitmenardcounty.com/history.html | title = History and Historical Sites | publisher = Menard County Tourism Council | location = [[Petersburg, Illinois]] | accessdate = March 11, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120312053846/http://www.visitmenardcounty.com/history.html | archive-date = March 12, 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> located on the [[Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad]], Greenview was [[municipal incorporation|incorporated]] by a special act of the [[Illinois General Assembly]] on May 6, 1869, then re-incorporated under the new general municipal laws of the state on March 7, 1877.<ref name="hmmci-353"/>