The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Hanley Falls was laid out in 1884 when the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway was extended to that point. The city was named after a railroad official. A post office has been in operation at Hanley Falls since 1887. Hanley Falls was incorporated in 1892.
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Start Hanley Falls’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hanley Falls’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 Hanley Falls is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hanley Falls has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Martin Norseth House in Cottonwood, 6.2 miles away.
Hanley Falls and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Hanley Falls
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. Martin Norseth House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Hanley Falls?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Hanley Falls’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.