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Micro’s history is
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The story

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The community was settled in about 1890, developing along the "Short-Cut" rail line of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. It was incorporated nine years later as Jerome, being named for local landowner Jerome Creech. The name was changed to Micro in 1905 to avoid confusion with the Jerome community in Bladen County. A wooden school for white children was built that year. It was replaced by a brick building in 1924, which operated until 1987.

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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 Micro is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Micro has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Union Station in Selma, 4.8 miles away.

Micro and the nearest listed places

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Union StationDowntown Selma Historic DistrictBoyette Slave HouseWilliam E. Smith HouseNowell-Mayerburg-Oliver HouseWest Selma Historic District

Closest to Micro

Union StationSelma · Built 19244.8miDowntown Selma Historic DistrictSelma · District4.8miBoyette Slave HouseKenly · Building4.9miWilliam E. Smith HouseSelma · Built 19125miNowell-Mayerburg-Oliver HouseSelma · Building5mi

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. Union Station’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Micro?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Micro’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

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📜 Pine Level📜 Kenly📜 Selma📜 Princeton
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