Editing Long Creek, Illinois (section)

==History==
Long Creek is named for the creek that runs through the area.

The first settlers arrived in 1828 from [[North Carolina]] and subsequently built log cabins and made improvements on the surrounding land.<ref name="Long Creek Township History">{{cite web |url=http://genealogytrails.com/ill/macon/History/longcreek_twp.html |accessdate=September 17, 2018 |title=Long Creek Township History}}</ref> In the fall of 1828, a band of Native Americans from the [[Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma]] arrived and set up camp along Long Creek and began trapping, hunting, and fishing. When they were relatively unsuccessful at catching game, the Kickapoo began killing hogs and stealing poultry from the early settlers. Eventually a group of settlers drove them from the county.

During the early 1830s the area saw more settlers arriving, and the first schoolhouse was constructed in 1834. The school also served as a place of worship before the first church was built in 1842.<ref name="History of Long Creek, Illinois">{{cite web|url=https://macon.illinoisgenweb.org/longcrek.html|accessdate=September 17, 2018|title=History of Long Creek, Illinois}}</ref>