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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Brooklyn Heights is a village in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 101 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 100 people in 2010, 101 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1949.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Brooklyn Heights 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.

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Famous people close to Brooklyn Heights

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Langston HughesLangston HughesJoplin · 9 miGeorge Washington CarverGeorge Washington CarverDiamond · 13 miRobert CummingsRobert CummingsJoplin · 9 miDennis WeaverDennis WeaverJoplin · 9 miJanet L. KavandiJanet L. KavandiCarthage · 4 miPauline StarkePauline StarkeJoplin · 9 mi
By decade

Brooklyn Heights, decade by decade

Before
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.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Brooklyn Heights is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Brooklyn Heights has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is 66 Drive-In in Carthage, 1 miles away.

Brooklyn Heights and the nearest listed places

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66 Drive-InCassill Place Historic DistrictColonial ApartmentsBoots CourtCarthage South Historic DistrictJasper County Courthouse

Closest to Brooklyn Heights

66 Drive-InCarthage · Drive-In Theater · Built 19491miCassill Place Historic DistrictCarthage · District3.6miColonial ApartmentsCarthage · Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals3.9miBoots CourtCarthage · Building4miCarthage South Historic DistrictCarthage · District4.1mi

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. 66 Drive-In’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Brooklyn Heights?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Brooklyn Heights’s story, or a memory of it.
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National 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.

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📜 Carterville📜 Carthage📜 Oronogo📜 Webb City
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