History · Love

Love’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Love. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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Love Township was created in 1902. It was named for a Vermilion county judge named I. A. Love.

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Before
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.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Love is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Love has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Eugene Covered Bridge in Eugene, 6.6 miles away.

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. Eugene Covered Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Love?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Love’s story, or a memory of it.
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National 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.

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