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History · Pine Ridge

Pine Ridge’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Pine Ridge. 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

Pine Ridge is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1982. At the 2020 census, the population was 263.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 282 to 263 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1959.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pine Ridge 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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Famous people close to Pine Ridge

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JCJohn Allen ChauScottsboro · 20 miPhilip OberPhilip OberFort Payne · 5 miTCThomas H. CookFort Payne · 5 miKatherine StinsonKatherine StinsonFort Payne · 5 miTim FlockTim FlockFort Payne · 5 miCharlie LouvinCharlie LouvinHenagar · 13 mi
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Pine Ridge, 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 Pine Ridge is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pine Ridge has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fort Payne Residential Historic District in Fort Payne, 3.4 miles away.

Pine Ridge and the nearest listed places

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Fort Payne Residential Historic DistrictFort Payne Main Street Historic DistrictFort Payne Boom Town Historic DistrictAlabama Great Southern Railroad Passenger DepotFort Payne Opera HouseAlabama Builder's Hardware Manufacturing Company Complex (Boundary Increase)

Closest to Pine Ridge

Fort Payne Residential Historic DistrictFort Payne · District3.4miFort Payne Main Street Historic DistrictFort Payne · District3.5miFort Payne Boom Town Historic DistrictFort Payne · District3.7miAlabama Great Southern Railroad Passenger DepotFort Payne · Building3.7miFort Payne Opera HouseFort Payne · Building3.7mi

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. Fort Payne Residential Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Pine Ridge?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Pine Ridge’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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📜 Rainsville📜 Fort Payne📜 Shiloh📜 Fyffe
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