Van Meter’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Van Meter. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Van Meter was laid out as a town in 1869. The city was named for Jacob Rhodes Van Meter and his family, Dutch settlers from Meteren, the Netherlands. Van Meter was incorporated on December 29, 1877.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Van Meter’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Van Meter’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewRock Island Depot, 1907: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Van Meter
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Van Meter, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Van Meter
1 place in Van Meter is 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 Rock Island Depot (1907) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.