The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office was established as Hissop in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1990. The community was named after the biblical plant Ezov, usually translated as hyssop.
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Start Hissop’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hissop’s history is told.
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Before
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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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Hissop is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hissop has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Coosa County Jail in Rockford, 5.3 miles away.
Hissop and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Hissop
Coosa County JailRockford · Building5.3mi
Russell Family Historic DistrictAlexander City · Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals10.4mi
South Central Historic DistrictAlexander City · Late Victorian10.8mi
Alexander City Commercial Historic DistrictAlexander City · One-Part Commercial Block10.9mi
North Central Historic DistrictAlexander City · Late Victorian11miHow 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. Coosa County Jail’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Hissop?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Hissop’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational 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.