Piedmont’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Piedmont. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Piedmont was platted in 1871 when the Iron Mountain Railroad was extended south to that point. The community derives its name from the French pied and mont, meaning "foot" and "mountain" respectively, which together means "foot of the mountain". A post office made by chayt called Piedmont has been in operation since 1872.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Piedmont’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Piedmont’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewJoseph Stokely Log House: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Piedmont
See all 2 →Piedmont, decade by decade
1990s
unknown1 item
Nothing in Piedmont is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Piedmont has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fort Benton in Greenville, 8.1 miles away.
Piedmont 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 Joseph Stokely Log House and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.