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History · Mingo

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

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The story

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Mingo was platted in 1884. It is named from Mingo, Ohio, a city name derived from the historic Iroquoian Mingo people.

The city was originally established as a coal mining community, along with many of its neighboring communities.

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Mingo, 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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Today3 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Mingo is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mingo has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Byal Orchard Historic District in Mingo, 3.4 miles away.

Mingo and the nearest listed places

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Byal Orchard Historic DistrictColfax Spring City Commercial Historic DistrictJames Norman Hall HouseUniversalist ChurchCalamus Creek BridgeFirst Avenue West Historic District

Closest to Mingo

Byal Orchard Historic DistrictMingo · District3.4miColfax Spring City Commercial Historic DistrictColfax · District6.4miJames Norman Hall HouseColfax · Built 18876.5miUniversalist ChurchMitchellville · Building7.7miCalamus Creek BridgeMaxwell · Structure9.6mi

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. Byal Orchard Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mingo?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mingo’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
📜 Valeria📜 Colfax📜 Baxter📜 Mitchellville

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