Carthage’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Carthage. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Carthage was platted in 1834. The town was named after Carthage, North Carolina. A post office has been in operation at Carthage since 1835.
The Henry Henley Public Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
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Start Carthage’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Carthage’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewMount Pleasant Beech Church and B…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Carthage
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Carthage, decade by decade
2000
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1 historic place in Carthage
1 place in Carthage 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 Mount Pleasant Beech Church and Beech Cemetery, East side of County Road 725 West between County Roads 1000 North and 1… and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.