The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Denver Township was originally called Dover Township, and under the latter name was organized in 1878. The name was changed in 1880, there being another township in the state with the name Dover. It was then named after Denver, Colorado.
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Start Denver’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Denver’s history is told.
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Before
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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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Denver is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Denver has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Blue Mounds State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources in Mound, 6.3 miles away.
Denver and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Denver. Tap a dot.
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. Blue Mounds State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Denver?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Denver’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational 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.