Every small town has a unique story waiting to be told.

That saying holds true for the community of Niles, which will be featured in WNIT’s “Our Town” series next week. “Our Town: Niles” will air at 8 and 10 p.m. Monday, June 6, on WNIT Channel 34.

The public television series focuses on municipalities both big and small in northern Indiana and southwest-lower Michigan.

Niles is the second Michigan community to be featured as Dowagiac was selected for the series in 2014.

“We want to give each of the towns a chance to tell their own story through the eyes of the individuals who live and work in each of these towns,” said Jamal Henry, who does marketing for WNIT. “It was definitely time to tell another Michigan town’s story and Niles felt like the perfect place to start again.”

The Niles documentary was created with the help of volunteer videographers who focused on telling the story of different aspects of the City of Four Flags. WNIT’s professional staff edited the video recordings and combined them with interviews to create the hour-long program.

Henry said 33 individuals contributed to the documentary, which features everything from historical sites to traditional high school hangouts, churches, the St. Joseph River and more.

Elaine Metzger, a resident and contributor to the documentary, focused on telling the story of the Niles Amtrak Depot, which served as a stopping point for thousands of people traveling to the World’s Fair in Chicago in the late 1800s.

Metzger said the station’s beautiful gardens, which were created by John Gipner, impressed the travelers so much that it helped make a name for Niles.

“It is a huge part of the early era of making Niles famous and a destination,” she said. “It really put Niles on the map. The train coming here just revitalized the economy.”

Resident David Markel said he shot video of the public parks and spaces along the St. Joseph River, which cuts through the heart of the city.

Markel said the river has become a vital part of the city over the last two decades due to good city planning.

“I remember growing up it was pretty much the backdoor of the community,” he said. “What a tremendous transformation it has undergone. My wife and I ride our bikes and walk along the trail there. It is a lot of fun.”

Other communities that have been featured in the “Our Town” series are: Goshen (December 2010), Warsaw/Winona Lake (August 2011), Mishawaka (August 2012), Elkhart (August 2013), Dowagiac (August 2014), South Bend (June 2015) and North Webster (September 2015).