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History · Nunn

Nunn’s history is
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The public archives hold just one old photo of Nunn. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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Cattle grazing on the Central Plains Experimental Range · Wikimedia Commons

The story

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A post office called Nunn has been in operation since 1905. The town was named after William Silas Nunn, who was credited with preventing a nearby train wreck.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nunn’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewCattle grazing on the Central Pla…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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By decade

Nunn, decade by decade

Before
2000
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.
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Date
unknown1 item
Cattle grazing on the Central Plains Experimental RangeCommonsDate?Cattle grazing on the Central Plains Experimental Range
Today7 photos
2022-03-24 18 16 53 UTC minus 6 View north along U.S. Route 85 in western Weld County, Colorado and southern Laramie Co…Commons2022-03-24 18 16 53 UTC minus 6 View north along U.S. Route…20222022-03-24 18 16 35 UTC minus 6 View north and down from an airplane along U.S. Route 85 in western Weld County, Colora…Commons2022-03-24 18 16 35 UTC minus 6 View north and down from an…2022Nunn signCommonsNunn sign2020US85 North - Nunn City Limit SignCommonsUS85 North - Nunn City Limit Sign2019The Prairie of Northern ColoradoCommonsThe Prairie of Northern Colorado2018Southeast Of Nunn Colorado On Cr Between Hwy OCommonsSoutheast Of Nunn Colorado On Cr Between Hwy O2017DSCN3155 nunnoldgasstationandtower e 600CommonsDSCN3155 nunnoldgasstationandtower e 6002005
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Nunn is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Nunn has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bee Farm in Wellington, 11.2 miles away.

Nunn and the nearest listed places

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Bee FarmFirst National Bank BuildingAaron James Eaton HouseAlger, Amanda K., Memorial Methodist Episcopal ChurchPlummer SchoolGreat Western Sugar Company Effluent Flume and Bridge

Closest to Nunn

Bee FarmWellington · District11.2miFirst National Bank BuildingWellington · Building11.4miAaron James Eaton HouseEaton · Building13.4miAlger, Amanda K., Memorial Methodist Episcopal ChurchEaton · Built 192513.4miPlummer SchoolFort Collins · Building15mi

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. Bee Farm’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Nunn?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Nunn’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Cattle grazing on the Central Plains Experimental Range and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Pierce📜 Ault📜 Wellington📜 Eaton

From Wikimedia Commons (8). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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