History · Broomfield

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

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The story

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Broomfield Township was organized in 1866. There was a village named Bundy in the township from about 1870 until 1897. It was largely a lumbering village.

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Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Broomfield is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Broomfield has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Morgan West Wheatland Cemetery in Wheatland, 7.9 miles away.

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. Morgan West Wheatland Cemetery’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Broomfield?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Broomfield’s story, or a memory of it.
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