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History · North Lilbourn

North Lilbourn’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of North Lilbourn. 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

North Lilbourn is a village in New Madrid County, Missouri, United States. The population was 22 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 49 to 22 (-55%). Half of its homes were built before 1954.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of North Lilbourn 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 North Lilbourn’s history is told.

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Famous people close to North Lilbourn

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Carl PerkinsCarl PerkinsTiptonville · 18 miGeorge WoodsGeorge WoodsPortageville · 13 miJacqueline ScottJacqueline ScottSikeston · 20 miSunset ThomasSunset ThomasSikeston · 20 miCarl Edward BaileyCarl Edward BaileyBernie · 20 miClifton Bledsoe CatesClifton Bledsoe CatesTiptonville · 18 mi
By decade

North Lilbourn, 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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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in North Lilbourn is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean North Lilbourn has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Howardville School in Howardville, 2.6 miles away.

North Lilbourn and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = North Lilbourn. Tap a dot.
Howardville SchoolHunter-Dawson HouseCaldwell-Hopson HouseLincoln SchoolMarshall HotelSikeston St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Depot

Closest to North Lilbourn

Howardville SchoolHowardville · Building2.6miHunter-Dawson HouseNew Madrid · Building5.5miCaldwell-Hopson HouseTiptonville · Built 189117.5miLincoln SchoolSikeston · Building18.9miMarshall HotelSikeston · Building19mi

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. Howardville School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in North Lilbourn?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to North Lilbourn’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
📜 Lilbourn📜 Howardville📜 New Madrid📜 Catron
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