Boligee’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 8 old photos of Boligee. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBoligee is a town in Greene County, Alabama, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 301. Although Boligee appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census, according to the 1930 U.S. Census it did not incorporate until 1926, though another source cited 1927. Boligee has one site listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Boligee Hill.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 328 to 301 (-8%). Half of its homes were built before 1963.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Boligee 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Boligee’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Boligee’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo6 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewEXTERIOR (REAR VIEW) - Hill of Ho…, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Boligee
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Boligee, decade by decade
1990s
unknown6 items
CommonsDate?OLD WELL - Hill of Howth, County Road 19, Boligee, Greene C…
CommonsDate?REAR ELEVATION (SOUTH), WEST SIDE - Weston (House and Schoo…
LOCDate?Hill of Howth, County Road 19
LOCDate?Boligee Hill, Near U.S. Highway 11, Eutaw, Greene County, AL
LOCDate?Beth Salem Presbyterian Church, County Road 1
LOCDate?Weston (House & Schoolhouse), U.S. Route 11 & County Road 1…
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as EXTERIOR (REAR VIEW) - Hill of Howth, County Road 19, Boligee, Greene County, AL HABS ALA,32-BOLI.V,1-2 (1933) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.