The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The community was originally named Alpin's Grove after James McAlpin, a Scottish man who settled in the area after serving in the British army during the American Revolutionary War. He became a schoolteacher.
After the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was laid through the community, it was renamed Rennert, the name of a hotel in New York City. It was incorporated in 1895 but had its incorporation repealed in 1947. Its incorporation was restored in 1977.
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Start Rennert’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rennert’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Rennert, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Rennert is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Rennert has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is MacDonald, Flora, College in Red Springs, 5.5 miles away.
Rennert and the nearest listed places
Closest to Rennert
How a place gets 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 (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.