Carlinville in Macoupin County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Granny Wilson's Garden

(Carlinville Plaza and Wilson Street)

— Silk Stockings and Coal Miners Trail 2 -Site 11 —

Granny Wilson's Garden Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 6, 2025

1. Granny Wilson's Garden Marker

Inscription. This garden was planted by volunteers in 2020 and designed to provide pollinator food and habitat along with vegetables for local residents.

Continue on Trail 2 to the Carlinville Points of Interest, traveling west on Wilson Street, turn right just before the stop sign. Stop by the Carlinville Plaza sign.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Horticulture & Forestry. A significant historical year for this entry is 2020.

Location. 39° 17.597′ N, 89° 52.492′ W. Marker is in Carlinville, Illinois, in Macoupin County. It is on Wilson Street west of University Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 515 Wilson St, Carlinville IL 62626, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

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8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Standard Addition Sears Homes Neighborhood (approx. 0.2 miles away); Standard Oil Company Store (approx. ¼ mile away); Carlinville, Illinois (approx. 0.6 miles away); Route 66 Kiosk and Pollinator Garden (approx. 0.6 miles away); Standard Oil Mine Office (approx. 0.8 miles away); Loomis House/Loehr's Drug Store (approx. one mile away); Loomis House (approx. one mile away); Macoupin County Revolutionary War Memorial (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carlinville.

Also see . . . Granny Wilson's Garden. The garden was named after “Granny Wilson”, an herbalist from Humansville, Missouri, who has local ties to Carlinville residents. She and her husband, Doc (Luke) Wilson, a pharmacist, owned a traveling music and medicine show that performed in small towns similar to Carlinville across the Midwest. (Carlinville Public Library) (Submitted on April 25, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 6, 2025

2. Granny Wilson's Garden Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 110 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 25, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.