Whigham’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Whigham. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The community was named after Robert Whigham, a local merchant. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Whigham as a town in 1896. It was incorporated again as a city in 1970.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Whigham’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Whigham’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGeorgia [Effingham County (part) …, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Whigham, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Whigham
1 place in Whigham 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 Georgia [Effingham County (part) - Newton County (part) (1940) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.