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

Simpson is a village in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 390 at the 2020 census. The village is a part of the Greenville Metropolitan Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 416 to 390 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1983.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Simpson 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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Famous people close to Simpson

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Bam AdebayoBam AdebayoPinetown · 24 miLee NorrisLee NorrisGreenville · 6 miMurray HamiltonMurray HamiltonWashington · 13 miBilly TaylorBilly TaylorGreenville · 6 miWilliam Churchill deMilleWilliam Churchill deMilleWashington · 13 miJosephus DanielsJosephus DanielsWashington · 13 mi
By decade

Simpson, 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 Simpson is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Simpson has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Red Banks Primitive Baptist Church in Greenville, 3.5 miles away.

Simpson and the nearest listed places

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Red Banks Primitive Baptist ChurchCollege View Historic DistrictRobert Lee Humber HouseJones-Lee HouseGreenville Commercial Historic DistrictSkinnerville-Greenville Heights Historic District

Closest to Simpson

Red Banks Primitive Baptist ChurchGreenville · Building3.5miCollege View Historic DistrictGreenville · Built 19255.4miRobert Lee Humber HouseGreenville · Building5.7miJones-Lee HouseGreenville · Building5.8miGreenville Commercial Historic DistrictGreenville · District5.8mi

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. Red Banks Primitive Baptist Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Simpson?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Simpson’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.

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📜 Grimesland📜 Greenville📜 Winterville📜 Ayden
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