Gordon’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Gordon. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusGordon is a town in Houston County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in February 1872. It is part of the Dothan, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Gordon had a population of 294.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 332 to 294 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1982.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Gordon 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 Gordon’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gordon’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewFRONT AND SIDE VIEW, S.E. - Britt…, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Gordon, decade by decade
1990s
unknown2 items
Nothing in Gordon is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Gordon has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Jane Donalson Harrell House in Jakin, 7 miles away.
Gordon and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as FRONT AND SIDE VIEW, S.E. - Britt-Williams-Borders House, Greenwood Street, Gordon, Houston County, AL HABS ALA,35-GORD… (1933) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (8) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.