The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBristol is an unincorporated community in southern Pike Township, Perry County, Ohio, United States. It lies along State Route 93 at its intersection with Marietta Road and Township Road 223. It is located 4 miles (6 kilometers) south of New Lexington, the county seat of Perry County. Bristol was originally called Burlington, and under the latter name was laid out in 1816.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 191 to 182 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 2002.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bristol 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 Bristol’s history is told.
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Bristol, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Bristol is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bristol has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Muskingum River Navigation Historic District in Meigs, 6.7 miles away.
Bristol and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.