The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Germanville Township was created from Chatsworth Township in September 1868 as Germantown Township. The name was changed to Germanville Township on July 22, 1879.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Germanville’s history is told.
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Germanville, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Germanville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Germanville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Alfred Phillips House in Gibson City, 12.7 miles away.
Germanville and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Alfred Phillips House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Germanville?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Germanville’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.