The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusShell Rock is a city in Butler County, Iowa, United States, along the Shell Rock River. The population was 1,268 at the time of the 2020 census. The city is located along the county's eastern border, between Butler and Bremer counties. A post office opened in Shell Rock in 1855.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,296 to 1,268 (-2%). Half of its homes were built before 1957.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Shell Rock 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Shell Rock’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewDallas Center, Casey, DeSoto, Dex…, 1875: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Shell Rock
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Shell Rock, decade by decade
3 historic places in Shell Rock
3 places in Shell Rock are 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 Dallas Center, Casey, DeSoto, Dexter, Ogden, Perry, Shell Rock and Adel, Iowa. (0018.158) (1875) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.