Westervelt, IL

Westervelt is a census-designated place in Shelby County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 131 residents. Westervelt was established in 1904 as a station along the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, which had recently opened a line through the area. The station drew settlers and businesses from the nearby community of Brunswick, and the new community grew quickly. The short version is that Westervelt carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Westervelt: its past remains attached to the places people use now.