The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Laurel was platted in 1836 by James Conwell, a native of Maryland. Conwell had first intended to name his settlement New Baltimore, but instead decided to call it Laurel, after the city of Laurel, Maryland. The last wild passenger pigeon, once the most common bird in North America, was shot near Laurel in 1902.
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Start Laurel’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Laurel’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Laurel, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Laurel is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Laurel has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Metamora Historic District in Metamora, 4.8 miles away.
Laurel and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories 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.