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Alford’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Alford is a town in Jackson County, Florida, United States. The Town of Alford is located on the Florida Panhandle near Marianna, in North Florida. The population was 484 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 489 people in 2010, 484 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1969.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Alford 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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Alford, decade by decade

Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Alford is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Alford has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is South Third Street Historic District in Chipley, 10.3 miles away.

Alford and the nearest listed places

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South Third Street Historic DistrictChipley City HallWoman's Club of ChipleyEly-Criglar HouseJoseph W. Russ Jr. HouseDr. James B. and Virginia Craven House

Closest to Alford

South Third Street Historic DistrictChipley · District10.3miChipley City HallChipley · Eclectic · Built 192910.4miWoman's Club of ChipleyChipley · Building10.5miEly-Criglar HouseMarianna · Greek Revival11miJoseph W. Russ Jr. HouseMarianna · Building11mi

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. South Third Street Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Alford?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Alford’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
📜 Cottondale📜 Chipley📜 Marianna📜 Wausau

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