A history of Lindale,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Lindale from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Lindale has been in operation since 1883. The name Lindale might have been selected from a novel a resident had read.
Throughout the 20th century, the community formed around the Lindale Textile Mill located in the center of the community. Since the early part of the 21st century, the building is abandoned. The Mill was owned by the West Point-Pepperell for the majority of its existence, leading to the Lindale community to be commonly referred to as "Pepperell".
The local schools, which are part of the Floyd County School System, are named after the mill and use the West Point-Pepperell (currently WestPoint Home) Gryphon as the mascot, under the name "Pepperell Dragons".
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Lindale’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFinishing room, Massachusetts Cot…, 1902: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Lindale
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Lindale, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Lindale
1 place in Lindale is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Finishing room, Massachusetts Cotton Mills, division of Pepperell Manufacturing Co (1902) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.