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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Lynn is a town in Winston County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in April 1952. At the 2020 census the population was 832. Up from the 2010 census (659) up from 597 in 2000.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 659 to 610 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1983.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lynn 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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Lynn, decade by decade

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 Lynn is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lynn has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Winston County Courthouse in Double Springs, 10.4 miles away.

Lynn and the nearest listed places

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Winston County CourthouseFeldman's Department StoreBoshell's MillPearce's MillHouston JailWilliam Brockman Bankhead House

Closest to Lynn

Winston County CourthouseDouble Springs · Classical Revival · Built 189410.4miFeldman's Department StoreHaleyville · Built 191112.4miBoshell's MillCarbon Hill · District15.2miPearce's MillBrilliant · District17.1miHouston JailArley · Building17.6mi

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. Winston County Courthouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lynn?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lynn’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.

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