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History · Graceville

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

Graceville is a city in Jackson County, Florida, United States. It is near the Alabama state line. The population was 2,153 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,278 to 2,153 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1974.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Graceville 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Graceville’s history is told.

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NANeal AndersonSportsJames Henry DeeseJames Henry DeeseScience & MedicineCWColston WeatheringtonSports
By decade

Graceville, 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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Today2 photos
Welcome To Graceville SignCommonsWelcome To Graceville Sign2015FL77nRoad-CR193nSignCommonsFL77nRoad-CR193nSign2013
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Graceville is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Graceville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Slocomb Commercial District in Slocomb, 11.2 miles away.

Graceville and the nearest listed places

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Slocomb Commercial DistrictWoman's Club of ChipleyChipley City HallSouth Third Street Historic DistrictDr. James B. and Virginia Craven HouseDowntown Bonifay Historic District

Closest to Graceville

Slocomb Commercial DistrictSlocomb · District11.2miWoman's Club of ChipleyChipley · Building12.2miChipley City HallChipley · Eclectic · Built 192912.5miSouth Third Street Historic DistrictChipley · District12.9miDr. James B. and Virginia Craven HouseChipley · Building13.9mi

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. Slocomb Commercial District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Graceville?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Graceville’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

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📜 Noma📜 Campbellton📜 Jacob City📜 Esto

From Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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