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History · Clara

Clara’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Clara. 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

Clara is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Mississippi, United States. It is located at (31.5804410, -88.6964273). The population was 386 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 410 to 386 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1966.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Clara 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clara’s history is told.

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By decade

Clara, 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 Clara is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Clara has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Downtown Waynesboro Historic District in Waynesboro, 7 miles away.

Clara and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Clara. Tap a dot.
Downtown Waynesboro Historic DistrictYellow Creek BridgeShubuta BridgeShubuta Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthShubuta Baptist ChurchHand House

Closest to Clara

Downtown Waynesboro Historic DistrictWaynesboro · District7miYellow Creek BridgeWaynesboro · Structure8miShubuta BridgeShubuta · Built 190918.9miShubuta Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthShubuta · Built 189119.1miShubuta Baptist ChurchShubuta · Built 189419.2mi

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. Downtown Waynesboro Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Clara?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Clara’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.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Waynesboro📜 State Line📜 Shubuta📜 Millry
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