Douglas’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Douglas. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 112 to 118 (+5%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Douglas yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Start Douglas’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Douglas’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewA bad egg for a southern stomach, 1850: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Douglas, decade by decade
Nothing in Douglas is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Douglas has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Gray, William R., Photography Studio and Residence in St. John, 10.4 miles away.
Douglas 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 A bad egg for a southern stomach (1850) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.