The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Malta Township was organized in 1880. It was named directly or indirectly after the island of Malta.
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Start Malta’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Malta’s history is told.
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Malta, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
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 Malta is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Malta has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Pauli Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Almond, 6 miles away.
Malta and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Malta
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. St. Pauli Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Malta?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Malta’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.