The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Herkimer was named after Herkimer, New York. A post office was opened in Herkimer in 1878, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1974.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Herkimer’s history is told.
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Herkimer, decade by decade
Before
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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 Herkimer is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Herkimer has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Perry Hutchinson House in Marysville, 3.6 miles away.
Herkimer 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. Perry Hutchinson House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Herkimer?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Herkimer’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.