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Spring Hill’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Spring Hill. 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

Spring Hill is a city in Warren County, Iowa, United States. The population was 68 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 63 to 68 (+8%). Half of its homes were built before 1953.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Spring Hill 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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Spring Hill, 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 Spring Hill is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Spring Hill has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Science Hall in Indianola, 5.1 miles away.

Spring Hill and the nearest listed places

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Science HallIndianola Carnegie LibraryIndianola High SchoolUnited Presbyterian Church, SummersetSt. Patrick's ChurchHoosier Row School

Closest to Spring Hill

Science HallIndianola · Building5.1miIndianola Carnegie LibraryIndianola · Built 19045.7miIndianola High SchoolIndianola · Building5.7miUnited Presbyterian Church, SummersetCarlisle · Building6.2miSt. Patrick's ChurchCumming · Built 18687.4mi

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. Science Hall’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Spring Hill?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Spring Hill’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
📜 Martensdale📜 Indianola📜 Norwalk📜 Cumming

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