The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The community originated in 1900, when the Rock Island Railroad survey marked the site as a future station and shipping point. Former Texas Ranger Calvin G. Aten was one of the area's first settlers. He built a dugout west of the site for his family. The town was named after another early settler, Adrian Cullen. In 1909, the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway was completed through Adrian. The Iowa-based American-Canadian Land and Townsite Company attracted prospective farmers and businessmen to the community. J.P. Collier set up a printing press and dug a water well, running water pipe for the town's first infrastructure. By 1910, Adrian had a post office, several stores, and a newspaper – the Adrian Eagle. Approximately 50 people were living in the community in 1915. The slow growth rate was attributed to a lengthy drought and the difficulty of maintaining a sufficient water supply.…
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Start Adrian’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Adrian’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Adrian, decade by decade
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Nothing in Adrian is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Adrian has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Glenrio Historic District in Adrian, 22.1 miles away.
Adrian and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.