A history of Stevenson,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Stevenson from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusStevenson is a city in Jackson County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area. Sources listed either 1866 or 1867 as the year of incorporation, but that seems to conflict with the dates given for the town being granted a charter. It did not first appear on the U.S. Census until 1880, where it was the second largest town in Jackson County behind Scottsboro. Since 1900, it has been the third largest town behind either Scottsboro and Bridgeport or vice versa. At the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,955, down from 2,046 in 2010.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,046 to 1,955 (-4%). Half of its homes were built before 1976.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Stevenson 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 belowFinish Stevenson’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCamp of General Alexander McDowel…, 1862: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Stevenson, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Camp of General Alexander McDowell McCook near Stevenson, Alabama, summer 1862 (1862) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.