The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Middletown was laid out in 1834, and so named on account of "its location at the crossing of roads leading from east to west and from north to south."
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Middletown’s history is told.
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Middletown, decade by decade
Before
2000
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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Middletown is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Middletown has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lincoln School in Vandalia, 12.9 miles away.
Middletown and the nearest listed places
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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. Lincoln School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Middletown?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Middletown’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational 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.