The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Birdseye was platted in 1880. Popular tradition says the town was first known as Bird, after Rev. "Bird" Johnson, who was helping to select a location for the first post office when he said "this spot suits Bird's eye". The Birdseye post office has been in operation since 1856.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Birdseye’s history is told.
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Birdseye, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Birdseye is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Birdseye has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Rickenbaugh House in Oil, 9.8 miles away.
Birdseye and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.