Barclay’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Barclay. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Barclay was founded in 1873 as Merrikton and renamed Barclay in 1890. The community was incorporated as the "Town of Barclay" in February 1931.
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Start Barclay’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Barclay’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewSkinner Cox Store, sold postcards…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Barclay
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Barclay, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Barclay is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Barclay has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Andrew's Episcopal Chapel in Sudlersville, 2.7 miles away.
Barclay 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 Skinner Cox Store, sold postcards (NBY 18705) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.