The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Mineral Point had its start in the 1850s as a lead-mining settlement. The community owes its name to the wealth of minerals found in the vicinity. Mineral Point was situated along the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway. A post office has been in operation at Mineral Point since 1858.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mineral Point’s history is told.
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Mineral Point, decade by decade
Before
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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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Mineral Point is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mineral Point has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Washington County Courthouse in Potosi, 3.5 miles away.
Mineral Point 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. Washington County Courthouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mineral Point?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mineral Point’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.