The story so far
from the U.S. CensusHalf of its homes were built before 1972.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Leoma yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Leoma’s history is told.
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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 Leoma is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Leoma has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lawrenceburg No. 2 Hydroelectric Station in Lawrenceburg, 4.1 miles away.
Leoma and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Leoma
Lawrenceburg No. 2 Hydroelectric StationLawrenceburg · District4.1miLawrenceburg No. 1 Hydroelectric StationLawrenceburg · Structure4.9mi
Lawrence County Jail (Additional Documentation)Lawrenceburg · Built 18935.8miLawrenceburg Commercial Historic DistrictLawrenceburg · District5.8mi
Garrett HouseLawrenceburg · Built 19085.8mi
Lawrence County Jail (Additional Documentation)Lawrenceburg · Built 18935.8miLawrenceburg Commercial Historic DistrictLawrenceburg · District5.8miGarrett HouseLawrenceburg · Built 19085.8miHow 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. Lawrenceburg No. 2 Hydroelectric Station’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Leoma?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Leoma’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.