The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗New Independence Township was named in commemoration of the independence of Norway from Sweden in 1905.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Independence’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 New Independence is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean New Independence has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Western Bohemian Fraternal Union Hall in Meadowlands, 12.2 miles away.
New Independence and the nearest listed places
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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. Western Bohemian Fraternal Union Hall’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in New Independence?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to New Independence’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.