Shirley, IL

Shirley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southwestern McLean County, Illinois, United States, just off Interstate 55. The 2020 census counted 135 residents. Shirley was founded in 1854. Shirley is home to the Funk Prairie Home & Rock Museum. Shirley's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Illinois setting. The local scoop is how Shirley's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Shirley was laid out on September 14, 1866, by John M. Foster was a native of New Hampshire. Shirley is home to Funk Prairie Home & Rock Museum.