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But the lumber companies sold the cut-over land to families and logging was replaced by farming. A cream collection station opened in Hannibal in 1915, and the Farmers Union Feed Store in 1923. A [[Cheesemaker|cheese factory]] operated there from 1924 to around 1945.<ref name="Nagel" />
A four-year high school opened on the west side of town in 1937 and operated until 1955.<ref name="Nagel" /> After that the building served as a grade school into the 1990s, and is now a [[Baptists|Baptist]] church. Larmon's store and a gas station also operated into the 1990s. The town's post office closed on May 25, 2011.<ref name="USPS">{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=[[United States Postal Service]]|accessdate=September 25, 2011}}</ref> Now no businesses remain - only homes and the two churches, sprinkled among empty lots and old buildings. The one-time boom town is now usually quiet.
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==Further
* [http://www.trainweb.org/omaha/hannibal/hannibal.html "CStPM&O - Hannibal"] has old photos of the depot, some reminiscenses, and recent photos of some old buildings around town.
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