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History · Laurie

Laurie’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Laurie. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Laurie is a city in southern Morgan and northern Camden counties, Missouri, United States. The population was 939 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 945 people in 2010, 939 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1991.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Laurie yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Laurie’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Laurie

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RRRuth RoyceVersailles · 16 miSidney C. RoachSidney C. RoachLinn Creek · 13 miMorgan M. MoulderMorgan M. MoulderLinn Creek · 13 miDNDon NicholsEldon · 17 miJohn William PalmerJohn William PalmerMacks Creek · 19 miEMEula MorganLinn Creek · 13 mi
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Laurie, decade by decade

Before
2000
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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Today5 photos
LaurieCommonsLaurie2024The altar at St. Patrick Catholic Church, which sits adjacent to the National Shrine of Mary, Mother of the Church monu…LOCThe altar at St. Patrick Catholic Church, which sits adjace…2021St. Patrick Catholic Church, which sits adjacent to the National Shrine of Mary, Mother of the Church monument and grou…LOCSt. Patrick Catholic Church, which sits adjacent to the Nat…2021A slowly revolving statue of the Virgin Mary at the National Shrine of Mary, Mother of the ChurchLOCA slowly revolving statue of the Virgin Mary at the Nationa…2021MOMap-doton-LaurieCommonsMOMap-doton-Laurie2004
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Laurie is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Laurie has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Old St. Patrick's Church in Gravois Mills, 6 miles away.

Laurie and the nearest listed places

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Old St. Patrick's ChurchUnion Electric Administration Building-Lakeside (Boundary Increase)Bagnell Dam and Osage Power PlantUnion Electrict Administration Building-LakesideCamp Hawthorne Central Area DistrictLake of the Ozarks State Park Camp Clover Point Recreation Hall

Closest to Laurie

Old St. Patrick's ChurchGravois Mills · Built 18686miUnion Electric Administration Building-Lakeside (Boundary Increase)Lake Ozark · Site10.7miBagnell Dam and Osage Power PlantLake Ozark · Structure10.9miUnion Electrict Administration Building-LakesideLake Ozark · Building10.9miCamp Hawthorne Central Area DistrictOsage Beach · District11.8mi

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. Old St. Patrick's Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Laurie?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Laurie’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
📜 Sunrise Beach📜 Village of Four Seasons📜 Gravois Mills📜 Friedenswald

From Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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