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Double Spring’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Double Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census, Double Spring had a population of 180.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 158 to 180 (+14%). Half of its homes were built before 1993.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Double Spring 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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Double Spring, 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 Double Spring is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Double Spring has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Alpine County Courthouse in Markleeville, 10.6 miles away.

Double Spring and the nearest listed places

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Alpine County CourthouseWebster Schoolhouse, OldWilhelm and William Lampe RanchGardnerville Elementary SchoolGardnerville Branch JailArendt Jensen House

Closest to Double Spring

Alpine County CourthouseMarkleeville · Built 192810.6miWebster Schoolhouse, OldMarkleeville · Building10.8miWilhelm and William Lampe RanchGardnerville · District12.9miGardnerville Elementary SchoolGardnerville · Building13.2miGardnerville Branch JailGardnerville · Utilitarian13.2mi

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. Alpine County Courthouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Double Spring?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Double Spring’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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