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History · Wanette

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

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The story

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The first settlement took place in 1868, when two settlers from Kansas built a two-story cabin. Other settlers followed. The community had several different names before a post office named Wanette opened on March 19, 1894. In 1903, the town moved one mile north to be on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway line between Newkirk and Pauls Valley

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Wanette, 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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Today1 photo
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Wanette is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Wanette has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Old Santa Fe Railroad Bridge in Byars, 4 miles away.

Wanette and the nearest listed places

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Old Santa Fe Railroad BridgeHarris Palace StoreSacred Heart Mission SiteFirst National Bank BuildingBebee Field Round HouseMijo Camp Industrial District

Closest to Wanette

Old Santa Fe Railroad BridgeByars · Camelback Through Truss4miHarris Palace StoreByars · Building7.1miSacred Heart Mission SiteKonawa · Site12.1miFirst National Bank BuildingStratford · Late Victorian · Built 190712.9miBebee Field Round HousePickett · Building13.9mi

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. Old Santa Fe Railroad Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Wanette?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Wanette’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
📜 Asher📜 Byars📜 Rosedale📜 Tribbey

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