The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Annada has been in operation since 1880. The community's name is an amalgamation of the first names of Ann and Ada Jamison, the daughters of a pioneer citizen.
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Start Annada’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Annada’s history is told.
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Annada, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Annada is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Annada has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Meloan, Cummins & Co., General Store in Paynesville, 3.8 miles away.
Annada and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Annada
Meloan, Cummins & Co., General StorePaynesville · Building3.8miGriffith-McCune Farmstead Historic DistrictEolia · District7.9miNorthern Methodist Episcopal Church of ClarksvilleClarksville · Built 18668.3miClarksville Historic DistrictClarksville · District8.5miTurner-Pharr HouseClarksville · Building8.5mi
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. Meloan, Cummins & Co., General Store’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Annada?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Annada’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.