Pollocksville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Pollocksville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town derives its name from Thomas Pollock, a local landowner. The Bryan-Bell Farm, Foscue and Simmons Plantations, Foscue Plantation House, Bryan Lavender House, and Sanderson House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Start Pollocksville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pollocksville’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFEMA - 489 - Photograph by Sgt. 1…, 1999: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Pollocksville
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Pollocksville, decade by decade
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LOCA barber set up shop in a most unlikely place, an old autom…2017
LOCVines take hold of an abandoned structure2017
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1 place in Pollocksville is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7), the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.