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History · St. Charles

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

1874established
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The story

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St. Charles was settled as a coal mining camp in 1872 on land purchased from J.I.D. Woodruff by the Saint Bernard Mining Company. In 1873, the post office was established under the name "Woodruff", but when the city was incorporated in 1874, the name was changed to "St. Charles" for now unknown reasons.

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St. Charles, 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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Today3 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in St. Charles is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean St. Charles has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Richard Salmon House in St. Charles, 3.3 miles away.

St. Charles and the nearest listed places

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Richard Salmon HouseCranor SchoolW. W. Kington HouseHotel EarlingtonOakmoorFrederick Miller House

Closest to St. Charles

Richard Salmon HouseSt. Charles · I-House3.3miCranor SchoolSt. Charles · Catalogue House4.7miW. W. Kington HouseMortons Gap · Italianate · Built 19115.4miHotel EarlingtonEarlington · Building6.1miOakmoorEarlington · Colonial Revival6.4mi

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. Richard Salmon House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in St. Charles?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to St. Charles’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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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Nortonville📜 Mortons Gap📜 Earlington📜 Dawson Springs

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