History · Bakerhill

Bakerhill’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Bakerhill. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Bakerhill or Baker Hill is a town in Barbour County, Alabama, United States, near Eufaula. As of the 2020 census, Bakerhill had a population of 211. Although it existed as an unincorporated village since before 1860, the town was officially incorporated in 1997. Baker Hill is governed by a six-member council include the mayor.

Bakerhill was established in 1997. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 279 to 211 (-24%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bakerhill yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Before
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.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Bakerhill is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bakerhill has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Woodlane Plantation in Eufaula, 8.8 miles away.

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. Woodlane Plantation’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Bakerhill?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Bakerhill’s story, or a memory of it.
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National 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’ history

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