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History · Stanberry

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

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The story

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Stanberry was platted in 1879 when the Wabash Railroad was extended to that point. The community was named for J. J. Stanberry, original owner of the town site. A post office called Stanberry has been in operation since 1879.

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Stanberry, 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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Today1 photo
Gentry County Library inCommonsGentry County Library in2022
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Stanberry is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Stanberry has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Gentry County Courthouse in Athens, 10.9 miles away.

Stanberry and the nearest listed places

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Gentry County CourthouseAlbany Carnegie Public LibrarySamuel and Pauline Peery HouseOpera Hall BlockRoberts, J.F., Octagonal BarnJohn and Fannie Fields House

Closest to Stanberry

Gentry County CourthouseAthens · Building10.9miAlbany Carnegie Public LibraryAlbany · Built 190611.2miSamuel and Pauline Peery HouseAlbany · Building11.3miOpera Hall BlockKing City · Building11.5miRoberts, J.F., Octagonal BarnRea · Building15.3mi

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. Gentry County Courthouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Stanberry?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Stanberry’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.

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