The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Cherry Valley was named after Cherry Valley, New York. The name was suggested by Josiah Creery, a settler from Richfield, New York, a settlement near the namesake.
This was the birth place of June Rose Colby (1856–1941), emeritus professor of literature at Illinois State University.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Be one of the first
Start Cherry Valley’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cherry Valley’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Cherry Valley
See all 22 →
By decade
Cherry Valley, decade by decade
Before
2000
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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Cherry Valley is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cherry Valley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is John Henderson House in Andover, 2.9 miles away.
Cherry Valley and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Cherry Valley. Tap a dot.
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. John Henderson House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Cherry Valley?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Cherry Valley’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational 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.