Fillmore’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Fillmore. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗An old variant name of the community was called Nicholsonville. A post office was established under this name in 1849, and was renamed to Fillmore in 1861, where it is still currently operating.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Fillmore’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fillmore’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGreetings from White Oak Farm, R.…, 1946: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Fillmore
See all 1 →Fillmore, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Fillmore is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fillmore has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Richard M. Hazelett House in Greencastle, 5.1 miles away.
Fillmore 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 Greetings from White Oak Farm, R.R. 1, located 32 miles west of Indianapolis and 38 miles east of... (NBY 2629) (1946) 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.