The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Moselle is located on the Norfolk Southern Railway and was incorporated on December 14, 1905. It was unincorporated at an unknown date.
It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 304.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moselle’s history is told.
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Moselle, decade by decade
Before
2000
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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Moselle is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Moselle has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Jones County Courthouse and Confederate Monument at Ellisville in Ellisville, 8.4 miles away.
Moselle and the nearest listed places
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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. Jones County Courthouse and Confederate Monument at Ellisville’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Moselle?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Moselle’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.