Lynn Haven’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Lynn Haven. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Lynn Haven was founded in 1911 by Union veterans from the American Civil War. The town was named after W. H. Lynn, a primary stockholder of the St. Andrews Bay Development Company, the corporation that owned and developed the land on which Lynn Haven grew.
On October 10, 2018, Hurricane Michael made landfall near Lynn Haven. The 3rd strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in the contiguous United States was the first category 5 hurricane to strike the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Hurricane Michael displaced thousands of Lynn Haven residents.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Lynn Haven’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lynn Haven’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewConnecticut -New Haven County - -…, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Lynn Haven, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Connecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delaware -entire state- -- District of Columbia -- Florida -Alachua… (1940) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.