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History · Culbertson

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

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The story

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Culbertson was founded in 1873 and served as the first county seat of Hitchcock County. It was named in honor of Alexander Culbertson, an Indian agent. The village of Culberton was incorporated in 1885.

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Culbertson, 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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Today5 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Culbertson is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Culbertson has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Paul's Methodist Protestant Church in Culbertson, 7.7 miles away.

Culbertson and the nearest listed places

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St. Paul's Methodist Protestant ChurchSecond-Generation Norden Bombsight VaultWeyl Service StationKeystone HotelMcCook Public-Carnegie LibraryMcCook YMCA

Closest to Culbertson

St. Paul's Methodist Protestant ChurchCulbertson · Building7.7miSecond-Generation Norden Bombsight VaultMcCook · Structure9.2miWeyl Service StationTrenton · Filling Station9.7miKeystone HotelMcCook · Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals11miMcCook Public-Carnegie LibraryMcCook · Spanish Colonial Revival Style11.4mi

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. St. Paul's Methodist Protestant Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Culbertson?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Culbertson’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

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