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

Jackson Heights is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Jackson Heights had a population of 1,071.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,141 to 1,071 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1977.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Jackson Heights 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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Famous people close to Jackson Heights

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Jaime PresslyJaime PresslyKinston · 4 miBrandon IngramBrandon IngramKinston · 4 miVisceraVisceraGoldsboro · 22 miJerry StackhouseJerry StackhouseKinston · 4 miMaceo ParkerMaceo ParkerKinston · 4 miAnne JeffreysAnne JeffreysGoldsboro · 22 mi
By decade

Jackson Heights, 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 Jackson Heights is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Jackson Heights has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Kinston Battlefield in Kinston, 1.4 miles away.

Jackson Heights and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Jackson Heights. Tap a dot.
Kinston BattlefieldKennedy Memorial Home Historic DistrictCSS NEUSE (Ironclad Gunboat)Cedar DellRobert L. Blalock HousePeoples Bank Building

Closest to Jackson Heights

Kinston BattlefieldKinston · District1.4miKennedy Memorial Home Historic DistrictKinston · Federal3miCSS NEUSE (Ironclad Gunboat)Kinston · Ironclad Gunboat, Steam Powered3.1miCedar DellJackson Heights · Building3.8miRobert L. Blalock HouseKinston · Building3.8mi

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. Kinston Battlefield’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Jackson Heights?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Jackson Heights’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

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📜 Kinston📜 La Grange📜 Dover📜 Seven Springs
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