The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Stanton was first settled by Swedish immigrants. Stanton is best known for its two water towers, the tanks of which are painted and shaped like a giant coffee pot and coffee cup (billed as "the largest Swedish coffee pot in the world"). These also allude to the fact that Stanton is the hometown of actress Virginia Christine, best known to television viewers as "Mrs. Olsen" in classic commercials for Folgers.
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Start Stanton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stanton’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Stanton, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Stanton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Stanton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Edmund B. Osborne House in Red Oak, 6.5 miles away.
Stanton and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.