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History · Herndon

Herndon’s history is
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The story

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Herndon was originally called Pesth (named after Pest, Hungary, which later merged to become Budapest) and under the latter name was laid out in 1878. It was renamed Herndon in 1879, in honor of William H. Herndon, law partner of Abraham Lincoln. Herndon was incorporated as a city in 1906.

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2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Herndon is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Herndon has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Paul's Methodist Protestant Church in Culbertson, 14.3 miles away.

Herndon and the nearest listed places

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St. Paul's Methodist Protestant ChurchBank of OberlinShirley Opera HouseWeyl Service StationMcCook Public-Carnegie LibraryMcCook YMCA

Closest to Herndon

St. Paul's Methodist Protestant ChurchCulbertson · Building14.3miBank of OberlinOberlin · Built 188615miShirley Opera HouseAtwood · Built 190715.2miWeyl Service StationTrenton · Filling Station21.9miMcCook Public-Carnegie LibraryMcCook · Building21.9mi

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. St. Paul's Methodist Protestant Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Herndon?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Herndon’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

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