Westphalia’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Westphalia. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Westphalia was platted in 1835, and named after Westphalia, in Germany, the native home of a large share of the first settlers. A post office called Westphalia has been in operation since 1848.
St. Joseph Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
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Start Westphalia’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Westphalia’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewWesterman House, Main Street: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Westphalia
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Westphalia, decade by decade
2000
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1 historic place in Westphalia
1 place in Westphalia is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Westerman House, Main Street and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.