History · Carmet

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

Carmet is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States. Carmet sits at an elevation of 180 feet (55 m). The 2020 United States census reported Carmet's population was 55.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 47 to 55 (+17%). Half of its homes were built before 1958.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Carmet 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
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 Carmet is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Carmet has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Watson School in Bodega, 7.3 miles away.

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. Watson School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Carmet?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Carmet’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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