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Cleveland’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Cleveland. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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Cleveland was originally called Maxwell, and under the latter name was platted in 1890 by Thomas T. Maxwell. The present name is after President Grover Cleveland. A post office called Cleveland has been in operation since 1890.

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Famous people close to Cleveland

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Matt BeslerMatt BeslerOverland Park · 15 miSarah LancasterSarah LancasterOverland Park · 15 miTKTom KaneOverland Park · 15 miMAMo AbualnadiOverland Park · 15 miMAMichael AlmereydaOverland Park · 15 miBHBen HardawayBelton · 10 mi
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Cleveland, 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 Cleveland is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cleveland has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is R. A. Long House in Freeman, 8.1 miles away.

Cleveland and the nearest listed places

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R. A. Long HouseBlackfeather FarmWhite Haven; Ulysses S. Grant National Historic SiteWatkins Family Farm Historic DistrictRedel Historic DistrictRobert A. Brown House

Closest to Cleveland

R. A. Long HouseFreeman · Built 19408.1miBlackfeather FarmOverland Park · District9.4miWhite Haven; Ulysses S. Grant National Historic SiteFreeman · Built 19899.6miWatkins Family Farm Historic DistrictRaymore · District10miRedel Historic DistrictOxford · Building10.8mi

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. R. A. Long House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Cleveland?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Cleveland’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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