Francisco’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Francisco. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town was platted and laid out on the east side of the Wabash and Erie Canal by John Perkins in 1851. Francisco was incorporated in 1907 and the Francisco State Bank chartered a year later. Its heyday was in the mid-1850s during use of the ill-fated canal to ship goods and produce south to Evansville. Mills, grain warehouses and packing establishments thrived during the decade. Remnants of the old canal are still visible just south of Highway 64 and west of town.
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Start Francisco’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Francisco’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo4 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewFrancisco Indiana Town Hall: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Francisco
See all 1 →Francisco, decade by decade
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Nothing in Francisco is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Francisco has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is William M. Cockrum House in Oakland City, 5.1 miles away.
Francisco and the nearest listed places
Closest to Francisco
William M. Cockrum HouseOakland City · Building5.1miTrippett-Glaze-Duncan-Kolb FarmWashington · District6.6mi
Gibson County CourthousePrinceton · Building6.7miPrinceton Courthouse Square Historic DistrictPrinceton · District6.7mi
Trippett-Glaze-Duncan-Kolb Farm (Boundary Increase)Washington · Building6.7miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Francisco Indiana Town Hall and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.