Gerald’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Gerald. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Gerald was platted in 1901 along a railroad line. The community was named after the local Fitzgerald family. A post office called Gerald has been in operation since 1901.
The Christian and Anna Keller Farmstead and Old Gerald School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Gerald’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gerald’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBank of Gerald. Gerald, Mo, 1913: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Gerald, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Gerald
2 places in Gerald are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Bank of Gerald. Gerald, Mo (1913) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.