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Boonville’s history is mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Boonville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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From Boonville’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Boonville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Boonville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Boonville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2 Retake an old viewEnvelope - Boonville Address-002: stand where they stood+15 Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Boonville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Boonville.

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Boonville was named for Daniel Boone. A post office has been in operation in Boonville since 1857. The town was incorporated by the North Carolina legislature on February 19, 1895.

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By decade

Boonville, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Envelope - Boonville Address-002Date?Envelope - Boonville Address-002
Today5 recent
Boonville NC2024Boonville NC Boonville2020Boonville NCMap-doton-Boonville2004NCMap-doton-Boonville Boonville, NC police station2004Boonville, NC police station Boonville, NC library2004Boonville, NC library
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Envelope - Boonville Address-002
Retake this viewEnvelope - Boonville Address-002

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Boonville’s page.

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Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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