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

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The story

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Hadar was platted in 1883, soon after the arrival of the railroad. The name Hadar is derived from a German word meaning "strife" or "discord", and the town was so named when the original group of German pioneers could not agree on where to settle.

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Hadar, 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 Hadar is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hadar has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Dommer-Haase Farmstead in Norfolk, 3.1 miles away.

Hadar and the nearest listed places

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Dommer-Haase FarmsteadStubbs-Ballah HouseMathewson-Gerecke HouseNorfolk Masonic TempleNorfolk Carnegie LibraryMeridian Highway

Closest to Hadar

Dommer-Haase FarmsteadNorfolk · Building3.1miStubbs-Ballah HouseNorfolk · Built 19175miMathewson-Gerecke HouseNorfolk · Built 18845.2miNorfolk Masonic TempleNorfolk · Building5.4miNorfolk Carnegie LibraryNorfolk · Built 19105.4mi

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. Dommer-Haase Farmstead’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Hadar?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Hadar’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
📜 Norfolk📜 Hoskins📜 Pierce📜 Battle Creek

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