Cedar Grove’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Cedar Grove. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Cedar Grove, originally known as Rochester, was platted in 1837 by John Ward. Ward built a large gristmill there. It was incorporated as a town in 1907.
The Cedar Grove Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cedar Grove’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewPublic School No. 1, 8090 Saint P…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Cedar Grove
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Cedar Grove, decade by decade
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Nothing in Cedar Grove is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cedar Grove has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Cedar Grove Bridge in Highland, 0.3 miles away.
Cedar Grove and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Public School No. 1, 8090 Saint Peters Road and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.