Du Bois

Du Bois was platted in 1886 when the Rock Island Railroad was extended to the site, named for Captain Charles J. DuBois, the railroad's chief engineer, who platted the community himself. A predecessor settlement called Cincinnati had existed about a mile south since the 1850s, and when the railroad bypassed it, its businesses and buildings relocated to the new Du Bois townsite. The village grew to support eight daily trains and peaked at 339 residents in 1910. Du Bois is home to the Rad Jan Kollar cis 101 Z.C.B.J. hall, a Baroque Revival Czech fraternal meeting hall built in 1920-21 and individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, reflecting the area's Czech immigrant heritage.

Du Bois, platted in 1886 and named for railroad engineer Charles J. DuBois, is home to a National Register-listed Czech fraternal hall.