The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Fresno was originally called Jacktown. The residents apparently didn't like the name Jacktown, and the community was renamed Avondale by popular vote. A post office was established under the name Avondale in 1875, and the name of the post office was changed to Fresno in 1905.
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Before
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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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Fresno is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fresno has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Andrew Ferguson House in Lafayette, 4.1 miles away.
Fresno and the nearest listed places
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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. Andrew Ferguson House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Fresno?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Fresno’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.