The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Cressy post office opened in 1882, closed in 1883, re-opened in 1909, and changed its name to Cressey in 1912. The town was named by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway for Calvin J. Cressey, local landowner.
Cressey has one elementary school (Ballico-Cressey School District, K-2).
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cressey’s history is told.
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Cressey, decade by decade
Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Cressey is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cressey has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bloss Mansion in Atwater, 5.8 miles away.
Cressey and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Bloss Mansion’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Cressey?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Cressey’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.