Allenville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Allenville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusAllenville is a village in Hubble Township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 95 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 116 to 95 (-18%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Allenville yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Allenville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Allenville’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewCovered Bridge: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Allenville, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Allenville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Allenville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Shady Grove Cemetery in Dutchtown, 7.7 miles away.
Allenville and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Covered Bridge and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.