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History · Bethlehem

Bethlehem’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Bethlehem. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Bethlehem is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Marshall County, Mississippi, United States. The 2020 Census listed a population of 319.

Half of its homes were built before 2003.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bethlehem yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Bethlehem, decade by decade

Before
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.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Bethlehem is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bethlehem has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Newsom - Adams Family Farm House in Waterford, 7.1 miles away.

Bethlehem and the nearest listed places

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Newsom - Adams Family Farm HouseJ. W. Crawford & Co. General StoreCivil War Earthworks at Tallahatchie CrossingWall Doxey State ParkAbbeville Colored SchoolGeorge Wright Young House

Closest to Bethlehem

Newsom - Adams Family Farm HouseWaterford · Building7.1miJ. W. Crawford & Co. General StoreHickory Flat · Building8.4miCivil War Earthworks at Tallahatchie CrossingAbbeville · Built 18629.2miWall Doxey State ParkWaterford · District9.7miAbbeville Colored SchoolAbbeville · Building12.6mi

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. Newsom - Adams Family Farm House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Bethlehem?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Bethlehem’s story, or a memory of it.
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National 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.

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📜 Potts Camp📜 Hickory Flat📜 Abbeville📜 Myrtle
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