Wheatcroft’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Wheatcroft. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Wheatcroft was named for Irving Horace Wheatcroft, an Englishman, who in 1899 laid out and founded the city on land acquired from Elijah Cullen. He opened one or more area coal mines, and built the Kentucky Western Railway from nearby Blackford to Dixon. The Wheatcroft post office was established on September 10, 1900, with A.S. Logsdon as postmaster. The city incorporated in 1902.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Wheatcroft’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wheatcroft’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1950 Census Enumeration District …, 1880: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Wheatcroft, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Wheatcroft is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Wheatcroft has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Providence Commercial Historic District in Providence, 8.3 miles away.
Wheatcroft and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Kentucky (KY) - Webster County - Wheatcroft - ED 117-24 (1880) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.