The town of Henning is located in eastern Illinois in central Vermilion County. U.S. Route 136 passes through Henning which sits just a stone's throw west of Illinois Route 1. The C&EI Railroad and the IC Railroad both had spurs that crossed in Henning. The IC is no longer active; the C&EI spur ends in Henning for the purpose of serving the grain elevator still there. The Indiana / Illinois state line is just 9 miles east of Henning. A town of note in the area includes Danville just 11 miles south and a little east of Henning.
The history of Henning and the origin of its high school is not available at this time. It is known that Henning residents supported their own school system for many years. The school, established probably in the late 19th century, flourished for about 5 decades. A guess would be that in the late 1940s consolidation talks with nearby Bismarck, its neighbor of 5 miles to the southeast, were begun. Probably in the late 1940s, the residents of Bismarck and Henning agreed to consolidate school districts. This brought about the Bismarck-Henning School District. The last mention of either Bismarck or Henning on the IHSA web site is Henning competing in the Speech Sweepstakes competition in 1946. The earliest mention of the Bismarck-Henning Consolidated High School is 1960 for football.
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The town of Henning is located in eastern Illinois in central Vermilion County. U.S. Route 136...
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The town of Henning is located in eastern Illinois in central Vermilion County. U.S. Route 136 passes through Henning which sits just a stone's throw west of Illinois Route 1. The C&EI Railroad and the IC Railroad both had spurs that crossed in Henning. The IC is no longer active; the C&EI spur ends in Henning for the purpose of serving the grain elevator still there. The Indiana / Illinois state line is just 9 miles east of Henning. A town of note in the area includes Danville just 11 miles south and a little east of Henning.
The history of Henning and the origin of its high school is not available at this time. It is known that Henning residents supported their own school system for many years. The school, established probably in the late 19th century, flourished for about 5 decades. A guess would be that in the late 1940s consolidation talks with nearby Bismarck, its neighbor of 5 miles to the southeast, were begun. Probably in the late 1940s, the residents of Bismarck and Henning agreed to consolidate school districts. This brought about the Bismarck-Henning School District. The last mention of either Bismarck or Henning on the IHSA web site is Henning competing in the Speech Sweepstakes competition in 1946. The earliest mention of the Bismarck-Henning Consolidated High School is 1960 for football.
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