The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The community was settled after the American Revolutionary War and later named for P. K. McDonald, who opened the town's first mercantile store and a turpentine distillery in 1893. The town was incorporated in 1911.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how McDonald’s history is told.
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McDonald, 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 McDonald is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean McDonald has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Asbury Methodist Church in Raynham, 1.7 miles away.
McDonald 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. Asbury Methodist Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in McDonald?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to McDonald’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.