Cuba’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Cuba. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Cuba was founded in 1837 when the two rival towns of Centerville and Middleton merged. The new town was named after the island of Cuba. The name could be in reference to the town of Havana, roughly 15 miles to the southeast. A post office has been in operation at Cuba since 1837.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Cuba’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cuba’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe United Electric Coal Co's Cub…, 1946: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Cuba
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Cuba, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Cuba is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cuba has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Duvall-Ash Farmstead in Joshua, 6.5 miles away.
Cuba 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 The United Electric Coal Co's Cuba Mine, Cuba, Fulton County, Illinois. Distant view of coal shovel in strip mine at (1946) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.