The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Padroni was named for George and Tom Padroni, early settlers.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1943Colorado - Golden through PaoliCommons
1950–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewColorado - Golden through Paoli, 1943: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Padroni
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By decade
Padroni, decade by decade
1940s1 item
1950s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumToday1 photo
National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Padroni is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Padroni has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Downtown Sterling Historic District in Sterling, 10.9 miles away.
Padroni and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Padroni
Downtown Sterling Historic DistrictSterling · District10.9mi
Sterling Union Pacific Railroad DepotSterling · Building11mi
US Post Office, Federal Building, and Federal Courthouse-Sterling MainSterling · Building11mi
Sterling Public LibrarySterling · Classical11.1mi
I and M BuildingSterling · Building11.1miHow 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. Downtown Sterling Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Padroni?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Padroni’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational 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 Colorado - Golden through Paoli (1943) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.