Genoa’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 5 old photos of Genoa. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Genoa was settled in 1836 by Thomas Madison, an American Revolutionary War soldier from Ashtabula County, Ohio. He named Genoa after a town of the same name in New York. Genoa was incorporated as a village in 1876 and as a city on September 9, 1911.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Genoa’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Genoa’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewHABS ILL,19-GENO.V,1- (sheet 0 of…, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Genoa
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Genoa, decade by decade
1990s
unknown1 item
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as HABS ILL,19-GENO.V,1- (sheet 0 of 2) - Perkins Farmhouse, Route 22 (1933) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.