Trion’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Trion. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Trion had its start in the 1840s when the Trion Mills cotton mill was established there. A post office called Trion Factory opened in 1847, and in 1904 the name was changed to Trion. The name "Trion" was chosen by the mill's three founders (Andrew Allgood, Spencer Marsh, and W.K. Briers) as a way to commemorate their partnership. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Trion as a town in 1862.
Though the mill burned in 1875, it was eventually rebuilt, and evolved into what is now the Mount Vernon Mill No. 3.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Trion’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Trion’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewTrion Mill, Trion, Georgia (1895), 1895: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Trion
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1930s
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1990s
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CommonsRiegeldaleTavern2010
CommonsFEMA - 42167 - Disaster Recovery Center Manager with Applic…2009
CommonsFEMA - 42166 - Safety Officer at Disaster Recovery Center2009
CommonsFEMA - 42165 - Chattooga County Disaster Recovery Center is…2009
CommonsFEMA - 42163 - Hours-days of operation sign at the Disaster…2009
CommonsFEMA - 42162 - Disaster Recovery Center is Open in Chattoog…20092 historic places in Trion
2 places in Trion are 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 Trion Mill, Trion, Georgia (1895) (1895) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.