The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office was established at Flora in 1873. Flora was named for its founder, John Flora.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowc. 1890Charles Landes as a young man in Indiana, ca. 1…Commons
1900–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCharles Landes as a young man in …, c. 1890: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Flora
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Flora, decade by decade
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1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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CommonsFlora, Indiana2021
LOCOne of the westernmost surviving "Mail Pouch barns," near t…2016
LOCCountry road near the town of Flora in Carroll County, Indi…2016
LOCThe Flora-Monroe Township Public Library in the Carroll Cou…2016
CommonsMaize in soybean field, Monroe Township2016
CommonsCenter from Columbia in2015
CommonsSoybean flowers2009
CommonsFlora, Indiana welcome2009
CommonsFlora, Indiana historical marker2009National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Flora is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Flora has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Meridian Line Road Iron Truss Bridge in Jackson, 3.8 miles away.
Flora and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Flora. Tap a dot.
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. Meridian Line Road Iron Truss Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Flora?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Flora’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Charles Landes as a young man in Indiana, ca. 1890 (c. 1890) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.