Trappe’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Trappe. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Trappe was incorporated in 1827. It may have been named for either wolf traps or a Trappist monastery.
Compton and The Wilderness are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
A Blessing Box was installed at the Trappe Volunteer Firehouse in 2019 by Josh Cherry.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Trappe’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Trappe’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewAdd-ons - 20th Century (American …, 1985: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Trappe, decade by decade
1990s
unknown1 item
Nothing in Trappe is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Trappe has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Compton in Trappe, 3.3 miles away.
Trappe 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 Add-ons - 20th Century (American Colonial on Federal on First Period) - Trappe, MD - Martin's Point Farm (1) (1985) 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.