Tilden’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Tilden. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Tilden was originally called "Burnett", under which name it was laid out by the railroad in 1880. It was incorporated as Burnett in 1885, but the U.S. Post Office officially changed the name of the village in 1887, after presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden, to avoid confusion with Bennet, Nebraska. Tilden was incorporated as a city in 1919.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Tilden’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tilden’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewTilden Public School, 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Tilden
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Tilden, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Tilden is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Tilden has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is John Wesley and Grace Shafer Warrick House in Meadow Grove, 5 miles away.
Tilden and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Tilden Public School (1908) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.