The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Cobb has been in operation since 1863. The village was named for Amasa Cobb, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cobb’s history is told.
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Before
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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 albumToday12 photos
CommonsThree Silos - panoramio (1)2013
CommonsRitchie Implement ll2013
CommonsRitchie Implement l2013
CommonsMontfort Wind Turbines2013
CommonsDairy Farm near2013
CommonsCobb Welcome Sign2013
CommonsCobb United Methodist Church2013
CommonsPeace Lutheran Church2012
CommonsCobbWisconsinSignUS182009
CommonsCobbWisconsinSignPanoramaUS182009
CommonsCobbWisconsin1US182009
CommonsCobb Tower2009National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Cobb is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cobb has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Linden Methodist Church in Linden, 4.4 miles away.
Cobb and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Cobb. 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. Linden Methodist Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Cobb?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Cobb’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.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.