The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area of what is now Postville was first settled in 1843 by pioneer settler and mill worker Joel Post, hence the name of the city. Postville was platted in 1853. The population had ancestry from Germany and Norway. Stephanie Simon of the Los Angeles Times wrote that, until circa the 1990s, "Postville was basically all white and all Christian."
On March 17, 1873, Postville was officially incorporated as a city.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Postville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Postville’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPete Meland, 1973: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Postville
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Postville, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Postville
1 place in Postville is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Pete Meland (1973) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.