Sign inJoin
History · Jerome

Jerome’s history is mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Jerome yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

0old photos & papers

What stands out about Jerome’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Help out

Start Jerome’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jerome’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story

How Jerome came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Jerome.

Read it all →

Jerome was issued a post office in 1886. The post office was discontinued in 1943. Jerome was once a flourishing town with a hotel, a newspaper (the Smoky Hill Globe), several stores, and professionals. By 1910 its population has declined to 12.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your album
Famous people

Famous people close to Jerome

Nobody well known was born in Jerome itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

See all →
Stories next door

History across the town line

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Has Jerome changed for the better?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Start a conversation

From Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

Post to Jerome

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in