The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town, named after the abundance of alder trees, began in 1910 as a center for construction of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. The first post office at Alderpoint opened in 1911.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Alderpoint’s history is told.
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Alderpoint, decade by decade
Before
2000
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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Alderpoint is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Alderpoint has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Benbow Inn in Benbow, 11.3 miles away.
Alderpoint and the nearest listed places
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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. Benbow Inn’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Alderpoint?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Alderpoint’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational 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.