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History · Dixon

Dixon’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Dixon. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Dixon is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. The population was 202 at the time of the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 247 to 202 (-18%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dixon yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Dixon, 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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Today6 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Dixon is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dixon has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is George Johnson House in Calamus, 5.3 miles away.

Dixon and the nearest listed places

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George Johnson HouseKvindherred Lutheran Church, School and CemeteryHelvig-Olson Farm Historic DistrictCity HotelHenry and Elizabeth Guenther HouseDugan's Saloon

Closest to Dixon

George Johnson HouseCalamus · Second Empire5.3miKvindherred Lutheran Church, School and CemeteryCalamus · Gothic · Built 18615.4miHelvig-Olson Farm Historic DistrictGrand Mound · District6miCity HotelWheatland · Late Victorian6.8miHenry and Elizabeth Guenther HouseWheatland · Building7mi

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. George Johnson House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Dixon?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Dixon’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

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 New Liberty📜 Calamus📜 Donahue📜 Wheatland

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