History · South Weldon

South Weldon’s history is mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of South Weldon. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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From South Weldon’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about South Weldon’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of South Weldon’s homes were built before 1959.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how South Weldon’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos

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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.

Retake an old viewA menace to Society. The Padgett family…: stand where they stood+15 Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

The story so far

South Weldon, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of South Weldon yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

South Weldon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, South Weldon had a population of 550. It is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 705 to 550 (-22%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

South Weldon, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s1 item

A menace to Society. The Padgett family. The entire family including the mother totally illiterate. No one could read o…

1914A menace to Society. The Padgett family. The entire f…

1920s–1990snothing yet

Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Retake this viewA menace to Society. The Padgett family. The entire family including the mother totally illiterate. No one could read o…, 1914

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on South Weldon’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to South Weldon

Nobody well known was born in South Weldon itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Chris DaughtryAmerican musician and American Idol contestant · b. 1979

Kent BazemoreAmerican basketball player · b. 1989

John EatonAmerican politician and diplomat · b. 1790

George GrizzardAmerican actor · b. 1928

John Y. MasonAmerican politician · b. 1799

Chuck BrownAmerican guitarist, bandleader and singer · b. 1936

Stories next door

History across the town line

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Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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From the Library of Congress (1) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.