Burket’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Burket. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Burket (originally spelled Burkett) was surveyed and platted by Elias Burkett in the spring of 1882. The Burket post office was established in 1882.
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Start Burket’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Burket’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewBurket-indiana-from-above: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Burket, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Burket is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Burket has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Silver Lake Historic District in Silver Lake, 7 miles away.
Burket and the nearest listed places
Closest to Burket
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Burket-indiana-from-above and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.