The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Burnett was founded by Stephen Grover Burnett and his wife Hanna Creal Burnett c. 1835. By 1890, it had an active post office and a practicing physician, Dr. Seth B. Melton. The post office at Burnett was established in 1870, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1934.
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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 Burnett is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Burnett has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Markle House and Mill Site in Otter Creek, 2.8 miles away.
Burnett and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Burnett
Markle House and Mill SiteOtter Creek · Building2.8mi
Vigo County Home for Dependent ChildrenLost Creek · 19th and 20th Century Revivals3.9mi
Highland Lawn CemeteryTerre Haute · Built 18845.1mi
Butternut HillTerre Haute · Building5.5mi
Ohio Boulevard-Demming Park Historic DistrictTerre Haute · District6.3miHow 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. Markle House and Mill Site’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Burnett?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Burnett’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.