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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Shorter is a town in Macon County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 385, down from 474 at the 2010 census. According to the 1990 U.S. Census records, it was incorporated in 1984.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 474 to 385 (-19%). Half of its homes were built before 1987.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Shorter 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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Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Shorter is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Shorter has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Grace Episcopal Church in Pike Road, 8.2 miles away.

Shorter and the nearest listed places

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Grace Episcopal ChurchTallassee MillsTallassee Commercial Historic DistrictAbel Hagerty HouseTuskegee Veterans Administration HospitalGrey Columns

Closest to Shorter

Grace Episcopal ChurchPike Road · Building8.2miTallassee MillsTallassee · District9.7miTallassee Commercial Historic DistrictTallassee · District9.8miAbel Hagerty HouseBlue Ridge · Building13.3miTuskegee Veterans Administration HospitalTuskegee · Colonial Revival15.4mi

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. Grace Episcopal Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Shorter?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Shorter’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.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Tallassee📜 Franklin📜 Pike Road📜 Wetumpka

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