Terril’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Terril. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusTerril is a city in Dickinson County, Iowa, United States. The population was 334 at the time of the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 367 to 334 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Terril 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Terril’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Terril’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCorner bedroom in Clifford Blum's…, 1936: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Terril
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Terril, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Terril is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Terril has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Gerome Clark House in Arnolds Park, 5.3 miles away.
Terril and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Corner bedroom in Clifford Blum's farmhouse near Terril, Iowa (1936) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.