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History · Mamers

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

Mamers ( MAY-murs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mamers had a population of 814. It is a part of the Dunn Micropolitan Area, which is also a part of the greater Raleigh–Durham–Cary Combined Statistical Area (CSA) as defined by the United States Census Bureau.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 826 people in 2010, 814 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1988.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mamers 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 Mamers’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Mamers

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JHJeff HardyCameron · 19 miMHMatt HardyCameron · 19 miBrian Tyree HenryBrian Tyree HenryFayetteville · 23 miLink WrayLink WrayDunn · 19 miEllen S. BakerEllen S. BakerFayetteville · 23 miHiram Rhodes RevelsHiram Rhodes RevelsFayetteville · 23 mi
By decade

Mamers, 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 Mamers is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mamers has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Solomon and Henry Weil Houses in Mamers, 4.1 miles away.

Mamers and the nearest listed places

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Solomon and Henry Weil HousesSummer Villa and the McKay-Salmon HouseSummerville Presbyterian Church and CemeteryJames Archibald Campbell HouseThorbiskopeCool Springs

Closest to Mamers

Solomon and Henry Weil HousesMamers · Building4.1miSummer Villa and the McKay-Salmon HouseLillington · Built 18854.1miSummerville Presbyterian Church and CemeteryLillington · Built 18484.6miJames Archibald Campbell HouseBuies Creek · Building10.5miThorbiskopeAnderson Creek · Built 184812.5mi

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. Solomon and Henry Weil Houses’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mamers?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mamers’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
📜 Lillington📜 Broadway📜 Angier📜 Sanford
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