The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 369 to 335 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1993.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Holst yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Holst’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 Holst is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Holst has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Gran Evangelical Lutheran Church in Popple, 8.1 miles away.
Holst and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Holst
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. Gran Evangelical Lutheran Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Holst?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Holst’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