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Bunker Hill is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,630 at the 2020 census, down from 1,774 in 2010.

The native inhabitants of the Bunker Hill Place were the Peoria people, Kickapoo people, and Winnebago people. They were forcibly removed from the area by the United States government in this area 1830.

As Euro-Americans arrived in Macoupin County, the site of the well along Bunker Hill was granted in 1830. At that time, the area was known as “Wolf Ridge”, due to the presence of wolves in the vicinity. The first settler was Elijah Lincoln in 1830, who expected a land allegation one and a half miles southwest of gift Bunker Hill. Shortly after he made his claim, Lincoln and a Mr. Tuttle laid out a town, named “Lincoln” after the first settler. The out of date post office in the area was customary in 1833 a mile south of Lincoln. A school house was built vis-а-vis 1831, and was as well as used as the meeting hall for the Baptist denomination. The first church in the area was built by the Baptists. The second was the Congregational church in manageable Woodburn.

In 1834, County Surveyor Luke Knowlton entered 80 acres (320,000 m) of land that now cover the middle of Bunker Hill. On December 25, 1835, Moses True of Salisbury, New Hampshire, John Tilden of Boston, Massachusetts, and Robert Smith of Alton, Illinois, visited Lincoln and formed a company to plat a town and supplement the surrounding countryside. By 1836, the harmony of Lincoln had been abandoned, prompting Moses and company to uphold a supplementary town, which became Bunker Hill in 1837.