A history of Horton,
since 1886
Postcards, papers and photographs of Horton from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Horton was founded in 1886. It was named for Albert H. Horton, chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.
On January 22, 2013, the host of CNBC television show The Profit toured Horton in hopes of revitalizing Horton's downtown business district. Within 18 months, the community started the "Reinvent Horton" campaign to clean up the community and update "run-down" aspects of it, including the installation of curbs, sidewalks, and light poles, razed some buildings, and a large community effort to try to change Horton.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Horton’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1880: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Horton, decade by decade
LOCChicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad : Locomotive CRIP 7241896
LOCChicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad : Locomotive CRIP 5771896
LOCChicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad : Locomotive CRIP 7241896
LOCChicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad : Locomotive1898
LOCChicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad : Locomotive RI 2061898
LOCChicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad : Locomotive CRIP 2341898
1990s
3 historic places in Horton
3 places in Horton are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Kansas - Brown County - Horton - ED 7-10, ED 7-11, ED 7-12, ED 7-13 (1880) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (7) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.