Easton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Easton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Easton was platted in 1854. The name Easton may be directional, for the community lies east of St. Joseph. A post office called Easton has been in operation since 1855.
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Start Easton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Easton’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewSaxton Road Bridge, Spanning Plat…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Easton
See all 1 →Easton, decade by decade
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Nothing in Easton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Easton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Nelson-Pettis Farmsteads Historic District in St. Joseph, 9.2 miles away.
Easton and the nearest listed places
Closest to Easton
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Saxton Road Bridge, Spanning Platte River, on Saxton-Easton Road and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.