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

Teachey is a town in Duplin County, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 448.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 376 to 448 (+19%). Half of its homes were built before 1988.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Teachey 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Teachey’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Teachey

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Caleb BradhamCaleb BradhamChinquapin · 11 miWilliam E. ThorntonWilliam E. ThorntonFaison · 25 miJames SmithJames SmithMagnolia · 9 miM. L. CarrM. L. CarrWallace · 2 miMarion ButlerMarion ButlerClinton · 24 miTheophilus H. HolmesTheophilus H. HolmesClinton · 24 mi
By decade

Teachey, 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 Teachey is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Teachey has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is W. Stokes Boney House in Wallace, 2.3 miles away.

Teachey and the nearest listed places

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W. Stokes Boney HouseWallace Commercial Historic DistrictIsaac M. Powers HouseRoger Dickson FarmPenderlea Homesteads Historic DistrictOak Plain Presbyterian Church

Closest to Teachey

W. Stokes Boney HouseWallace · Built 18902.3miWallace Commercial Historic DistrictWallace · District2.5miIsaac M. Powers HouseWallace · Building3miRoger Dickson FarmRose Hill · District6.3miPenderlea Homesteads Historic DistrictWatha · District7.9mi

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. W. Stokes Boney House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Teachey?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Teachey’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.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Wallace📜 Rose Hill📜 Greenevers📜 Watha
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