The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Bismarck, situated in the western part of St. Francois County, owes its origin and early growth to the farming interests about it and its location at the intersection of the Belmont branch with the main line of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway. Bismarck was first laid out and platted in 1868. It was named after the Iron Chancellor of Germany, Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, as there was a strong desire to attract German immigrants to the growing railroad area.
The railroad ran through the town from the northwest to the southeast. All of the original streets of Bismarck, with the exception of Main and Center, were named after trees.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bismarck’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Bismarck is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bismarck has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Howlett Gulf in Park Hills, 8.1 miles away.
Bismarck and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
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