The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Maurice was platted in 1882. It was named for Maurice, Prince of Orange. A post office has been in operation in Maurice since 1882.
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Start Maurice’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maurice’s history is told.
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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 Maurice is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Maurice has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Zwemer Hall, Northwestern College in Orange City, 6.7 miles away.
Maurice and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Maurice
Zwemer Hall, Northwestern CollegeOrange City · Romanesque Revival6.7mi
Sioux County CourthouseOrange City · Romanesque Revival6.8mi
Le Mars Municipal Park and Golf Course Historic DistrictLe Mars · District11.4mi
Tonsfeldt Round BarnLe Mars · Building11.7mi
Le Mars Downtown Commercial Historic DistrictLe Mars · Late Victorian11.9miHow 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. Zwemer Hall, Northwestern College’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Maurice?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Maurice’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
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.