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History · Amsterdam

Amsterdam’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Amsterdam. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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Amsterdam was laid out in 1828. The community was founded by Dutch immigrant David Johnson and named after the city of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. A post office called Amsterdam has been in operation since 1832. Amsterdam was designed a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation in 1997.

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Amsterdam, 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
Hope ChurchCommonsHope Church2016Map of Jefferson County Ohio Highlighting Amsterdam VillageMapMap of Jefferson County Ohio Highlighting Amsterdam Village2015St. Joseph, Amsterdam, Ohio 2012-08-05CommonsSt. Joseph, Amsterdam, Ohio 2012-08-052012EnteringCommonsEntering2007OHMap-doton-AmsterdamCommonsOHMap-doton-Amsterdam2006
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Amsterdam is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Amsterdam has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Kilgore Union Presbyterian Church in Loudon, 4.2 miles away.

Amsterdam and the nearest listed places

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Kilgore Union Presbyterian ChurchPetersburg MillDaniel McCook HouseCarroll County CourthouseVan Horn BuildingBantam Ridge School

Closest to Amsterdam

Kilgore Union Presbyterian ChurchLoudon · Building4.2miPetersburg MillUnion · Building10.4miDaniel McCook HouseCarrollton · Building11.1miCarroll County CourthouseCarrollton · Building11.1miVan Horn BuildingCarrollton · Building11.1mi

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. Kilgore Union Presbyterian Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Amsterdam?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Amsterdam’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
📜 Springfield📜 Loudon📜 Bergholz📜 Lee

From Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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