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Lincoln’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Lincoln. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Lincoln Township is a township in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 363.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 359 people in 2010, 363 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 2001.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lincoln yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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

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Famous people close to Lincoln

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Nick HagueNick HagueBelleville · 15 miCharles J. ChaputCharles J. ChaputConcordia · 1 miFrank CarlsonFrank CarlsonConcordia · 1 miRobert GordonRobert GordonBelleville · 15 miHelen TalbotHelen TalbotConcordia · 1 miMSMarilyn SchrefflerConcordia · 1 mi
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Lincoln, decade by decade

Before
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.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Lincoln is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lincoln has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Nazareth Convent and Academy in Concordia, 1.2 miles away.

Lincoln and the nearest listed places

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Nazareth Convent and AcademyBankers Loan and Trust Company BuildingBrown Grand Opera HouseUnion Pacific Railroad DepotRepublican River Pegram TrussCounty Line Bowstring

Closest to Lincoln

Nazareth Convent and AcademyConcordia · Built 18981.2miBankers Loan and Trust Company BuildingConcordia · Built 18881.3miBrown Grand Opera HouseConcordia · Built 19071.5miUnion Pacific Railroad DepotConcordia · Built 19171.5miRepublican River Pegram TrussLawrence · Built 18854.4mi

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. Nazareth Convent and Academy’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lincoln?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lincoln’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

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 Concordia📜 Sibley📜 Nelson📜 Lawrence
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