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History · Flintstone

A history of Flintstone,
then and now

Postcards, papers and photographs of Flintstone from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

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From Flintstone’s archive · credits on each photo

The story so far

from the U.S. Census

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 177 to 167 (-6%).

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Flintstone yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1930s6 items · William House Farm, Barn, East side o…Commons
1940–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Finish Flintstone’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWilliam House Farm, Barn, East si…, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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By decade

Flintstone, decade by decade

1930s6 items
William House Farm, Barn, East side of West Wilson RoadCommonsWilliam House Farm, Barn, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, Barn, East side of West Wilson RoadCommonsWilliam House Farm, Barn, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, East side of West Wilson RoadCommonsWilliam House Farm, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, East side of West Wilson RoadCommonsWilliam House Farm, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, East side of West Wilson RoadCommonsWilliam House Farm, East side of West Wilson Road1933William House Farm, East side of West Wilson RoadCommonsWilliam House Farm, East side of West Wilson Road1933
1940s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Flintstone is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Flintstone has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Breakneck Road Historic District in Flintstone, 2.6 miles away.

Flintstone and the nearest listed places

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Breakneck Road Historic DistrictHewitt Covered BridgePhoenix Mill FarmBig Bottom FarmUnion Grove SchoolhouseWestern Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension Right-of-Way, Mile 126 to Mile 159.8

Closest to Flintstone

Breakneck Road Historic DistrictFlintstone · District2.6miHewitt Covered BridgeSouthampton · Structure4.9miPhoenix Mill FarmPleasant Grove · Building6.3miBig Bottom FarmPleasant Grove · Building6.4miUnion Grove SchoolhousePleasant Grove · Building6.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Breakneck Road Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Flintstone?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Flintstone’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as William House Farm, Barn, East side of West Wilson Road (1933) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Southampton📜 Cumberland Valley📜 Mann📜 Cumberland

From Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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