The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area was originally called Belzara, which was named after the post office in the area. The community was later called Burnsville, in honor of the land surveyor who cut the railroad right-of-way through the area. The town's name is from an Illinois Central Railroad Depot for the farm of the Slaughter family. The town was incorporated as "Slaughter" in 1889. The Gloster Southern Railroad served the town from 1987 to 2008. figures in the title of Michael Ondaatje's novel about jazz player Buddy Bolden entitled Coming Through Slaughter. Slaughter was designated a town in 2002.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Slaughter’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Slaughter, decade by decade
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1 historic place in Slaughter
1 place in Slaughter is 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
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
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