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History · Adrian

Adrian’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Adrian. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1old images & papers
1need a date
Georgia DOT Bridge No. 167-0007-0, U.S. Highway 80/State Route 26 spanning the Ohoopee River · Library of Congress

The story

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A post office has been in operation at Adrian since 1891. Adrian was incorporated in 1899. It is unknown why the name "Adrian" was applied to this community.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Start Adrian’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Adrian’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewGeorgia DOT Bridge No. 167-0007-0…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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By decade

Adrian, 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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Date
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Georgia DOT Bridge No. 167-0007-0, U.S. Highway 80/State Route 26 spanning the Ohoopee RiverLOCDate?Georgia DOT Bridge No. 167-0007-0, U.S. Highway 80/State Ro…
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Adrian is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Adrian has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Treutlen County Courthouse in Soperton, 10.6 miles away.

Adrian and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Adrian. Tap a dot.
Treutlen County CourthouseJames Coleman HouseGrice InnEmanuel County Courthouse and Sheriff DepartmentJohnson County CourthouseSwainsboro Light and Water Plant

Closest to Adrian

Treutlen County CourthouseSoperton · Building10.6miJames Coleman HouseSwainsboro · Building15.6miGrice InnWrightsville · Building15.6miEmanuel County Courthouse and Sheriff DepartmentSwainsboro · Building15.7miJohnson County CourthouseWrightsville · Building15.7mi

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. Treutlen County Courthouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Adrian?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Adrian’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old place
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Georgia DOT Bridge No. 167-0007-0, U.S. Highway 80/State Route 26 spanning the Ohoopee River and it appears here side by side.

🔁 Retake this view · +15

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Soperton📜 Kite📜 Nunez📜 Tarrytown

From the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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