Lyerly’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Lyerly. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Lyerly has been in operation since 1889, when a small town began to develop around a depot constructed by the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Railroad. The post office was moved from the nearby town of Melville, which had gone bankrupt that same year. The new town, which incorporated in 1891, may have been named for Charles A. Lyerly, a banker from Tennessee who had made several real estate investments in the area.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Lyerly’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lyerly’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFlorida [Sarasota County (part) -…, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Lyerly, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Lyerly is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lyerly has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sardis Baptist Church in Lyerly, 4.2 miles away.
Lyerly and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Florida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Georgia [Appling County - Effingham County (part)] (1940) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.