Nelson’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Nelson. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Nelson was platted in 1887, and named after the Nelson family, the original owners of the town site. A post office called Nelson was in operation from 1887 until 2011.
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Start Nelson’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nelson’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewJudge William B. Napton House: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Nelson, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Nelson is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Nelson has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Blackwater Residential Historic District in Blackwater, 2.2 miles away.
Nelson 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 Judge William B. Napton House and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.