The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Correctionville was platted in 1855. It was so named from its location on a surveyors' correction line, an east-west line between baselines required because of the Earth's curvature. A post office called Correctionville has been in operation since 1862.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Correctionville’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPlans of Sioux City, Le Mars, Cor…, 1875: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Correctionville
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Correctionville, decade by decade
1 historic place in Correctionville
1 place in Correctionville is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Plans of Sioux City, Le Mars, Correctionville and Cherokee. (0018.097) (1875) and it appears here side by side.
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