Annapolis’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Annapolis. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Annapolis was laid out in 1871, and according to tradition, named after Anna Allen, the wife of a railroad official. The name is also said to be a transfer from Annapolis, Maryland. A post office called Annapolis has been in operation since 1871.
Annapolis was 90 percent destroyed by the Great Tri-State Tornado of 1925.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Annapolis’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Annapolis’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAnnapolis Business street, 1925: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Annapolis, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Annapolis is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Annapolis has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sam A. Baker State Park Historic District in Des Arc, 11.9 miles away.
Annapolis and the nearest listed places
Closest to Annapolis
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Annapolis Business street (1925) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.