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Fillmore’s history is
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The story

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Fillmore was laid out in 1845 and was named for Millard Fillmore, a statesman, and afterward 13th President of the United States. It was previously known as Newark. A post office called Fillmore has been in operation since 1851.

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Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Fillmore is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fillmore has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Carroll Stagecoach Inn in Oregon, 5.1 miles away.

Fillmore and the nearest listed places

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Carroll Stagecoach InnAndrew County CourthouseCity HallRoberts, J.F., Octagonal BarnSimpson's CollegeJohn and Fannie Fields House

Closest to Fillmore

Carroll Stagecoach InnOregon · Building5.1miAndrew County CourthouseSavannah · Building9.6miCity HallForest City · Building11.9miRoberts, J.F., Octagonal BarnRea · Building12.3miSimpson's CollegeGraham · Building12.5mi

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. Carroll Stagecoach Inn’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Fillmore?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Fillmore’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

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📜 Rosendale📜 Oregon📜 Savannah📜 Bolckow

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