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Yellow Bluff’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Yellow Bluff is a town in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1985. Per the 2020 census, the population was 208.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 188 to 208 (+11%). Half of its homes were built before 1971.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Yellow Bluff 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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Yellow Bluff, 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 Yellow Bluff is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Yellow Bluff has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Tait-Ervin House in Camden, 5.9 miles away.

Yellow Bluff and the nearest listed places

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Tait-Ervin HouseDry Forks PlantationLiberty HallTristram Bethea HouseWilliam King Beck HouseWilcox Female Institute

Closest to Yellow Bluff

Tait-Ervin HouseCamden · Building5.9miDry Forks PlantationVredenburgh · Built 18348.2miLiberty HallCamden · Greek Revival8.3miTristram Bethea HouseBoykin · Greek Revival9.7miWilliam King Beck HouseBoykin · Built 184510.2mi

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. Tait-Ervin House’s page links to a real one.
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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
📜 Pine Hill📜 Camden📜 Vredenburgh📜 Thomasville
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