The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Farley has been in operation since 1852. The community has the name of Joseph Farley, the original owner of the land where the village now is located.
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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 Farley is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Farley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Western Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Leavenworth, 3.2 miles away.
Farley and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Farley
Western Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer SoldiersLeavenworth · District3.2mi
Helmers Manufacturing Company BuildingLeavenworth · Building4.1miSouth Esplanade Historic DistrictLeavenworth · District4.5mi
Leavenworth County CourthouseLeavenworth · Building4.6miArch Street Historic DistrictLeavenworth · District4.6miHow 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. Western Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Farley?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Farley’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.