History · Sublimity

Sublimity’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Sublimity. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1903established
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Sublimity is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. The population was 2,967 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Sublimity was established in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,681 to 2,967 (+11%). Half of its homes were built before 1993.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sublimity 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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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 Sublimity is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sublimity has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Beauchamp Building in Stayton, 2.2 miles away.

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. Beauchamp Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Sublimity?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Sublimity’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

From Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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