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Crocker’s history is
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The story

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Crocker was platted in 1869, and named after South Pacific Railroad shareholder Uriel Crocker. Beginning as early as the 1920s, Uriel Crocker was often misidentified as Eurilis J. Crocker. A post office called Crocker has been in operation since 1872.

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Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Crocker is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Crocker has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Calloway Manes Homestead in Richland, 8.4 miles away.

Crocker and the nearest listed places

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Calloway Manes HomesteadPulaski County CourthouseOld Stagecoach StopIberia Academy and Junior CollegePiney BeachDevil's Elbow Historic District

Closest to Crocker

Calloway Manes HomesteadRichland · Building8.4miPulaski County CourthouseWaynesville · Building8.9miOld Stagecoach StopWaynesville · Building8.9miIberia Academy and Junior CollegeIberia · Building10miPiney BeachSt. Robert · District12.6mi

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. Calloway Manes Homestead’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Crocker?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Crocker’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.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Waynesville📜 Richland📜 Iberia📜 Dixon

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