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

Dublin is a town in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, the town population was 267. Dublin is located on North Carolina Highway 87 and is known as the "Peanut Capital of North Carolina".

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 338 to 267 (-21%). Half of its homes were built before 1970.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dublin 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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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 Dublin is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dublin has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Purdie House and Purdie Methodist Church in White Oak, 4.1 miles away.

Dublin and the nearest listed places

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Purdie House and Purdie Methodist ChurchHarmony HallWalnut GroveBladen County Training SchoolTrinity Methodist ChurchJohnson Farm

Closest to Dublin

Purdie House and Purdie Methodist ChurchWhite Oak · Building4.1miHarmony HallWhite Oak · Building5.7miWalnut GroveTar Heel · District5.9miBladen County Training SchoolElizabethtown · Built 19286.4miTrinity Methodist ChurchElizabethtown · Built 18487.1mi

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. Purdie House and Purdie Methodist Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Dublin?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Dublin’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
📜 Tar Heel📜 Elizabethtown📜 Bladenboro📜 Clarkton
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