The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 30 to 19 (-37%).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of German yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Be one of the first
Start German’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how German’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10By decade
German, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in German is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean German has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Home on the Range Cabin in Pleasant, 4.9 miles away.
German and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = German. 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. Home on the Range Cabin’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in German?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to German’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