The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗At some point in the past, this community was previously named Marvin.
Glade was a shipping point on the Atchison & Lenora division of the Missouri Pacific railroad.
A post office was opened in Glade in 1908, and remained in operation until 1989. It was officially discontinued in 1996.
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Start Glade’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glade’s history is told.
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Glade, 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 Glade is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Glade has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Phillipsburg Community Building in Phillipsburg, 5.1 miles away.
Glade and the nearest listed places
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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. Phillipsburg Community Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Glade?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Glade’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
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.